448 pages
English language
Published Feb. 25, 1999 by Jonathan Cape.
The Elegant Universe
superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory
by Brian Greene
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory is a book by Brian Greene published in 1999, which introduces string and superstring theory, and provides a comprehensive though non-technical assessment of the theory and some of its shortcomings. In 2000, it won the Royal Society Prize for Science Books and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. A new edition was released in 2003, with an updated preface.
Subjects
- Superstring theories.
- Cosmology.