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The elegant universe : superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory
题名:
The elegant universe : superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory
ISBN:
9780375708114
版:
1st Vintage Books ed.
PRODUCTION_INFO:
New York : Vintage Books, 2000.
物理描述:
xiii, 448 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
一般注释:
Previously published: New York : W. W. Norton, c1999.
内容:
Edge of knowledge: Tied up with string -- Dilemma of space, time, and the quanta: Space, time, and the eye of the beholder -- Of warps and ripples -- Microscopic weirdness -- Need for a new theory: general relativity vs. quantum mechanics -- Cosmic symphony: Nothing but music: the essentials of superstring theory -- "Super" in superstrings -- More dimensions than meet the eye -- Smoking gun: experimental signatures -- String theory and the fabric of spacetime: Quantum geometry -- Tearing the fabric of space -- Beyond strings: in search of M-theory -- Black holes: a string/M-theory perspective -- Reflections on cosmology -- Unification in the twenty-first century: Prospects.
语言:
英文