The Search for Superstrings, Symmetry, and the Theory of Everything Paperback - 2000
by John Gribbin
Now in paperback comes a clear, brief, accessible overview of the hundred-year saga of particle physics, from the discovery of the electron in 1897 to recent research that could radically alter our conception of the universe. 10 line drawings.
From the rear cover
Since Einstein's time, a "theory of everything" -- one coherent mathematical model that would encompass all the forces and particles of nature -- has become the Holy Grail of physics, and its pursuit has resulted in some of the most extraordinary ideas in the history of science.
This invaluable primer at last enables all of us to understand these ideas. John Gribbin provides a brief, succinct, accessible overview of the hundred-year saga of particle physics, explaining everything from the basics (how subatomic particles work) to the cutting-edge research that has produced dazzling new models of the universe, among them the radical theories of "superstrings" -- the hypothesis that particles are loops of vibrating "string" -- and "supersymmetry".
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- Title The Search for Superstrings, Symmetry, and the Theory of Everything
- Author John Gribbin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Back Bay Books, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-08-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780316326148 / 0316326143
- Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.57 x 0.56 in (21.59 x 14.15 x 1.42 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Particles (Nuclear physics), Supersymmetry
- Dewey Decimal Code 530.142
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