The Elegant Universe：Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

The Elegant Universe：Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

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作者: Brian Greene 著

出版社: 华文出版社

出版时间: 2004-06

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780393058581

定价: 195.00

装帧: 精装

开本: 16开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 464页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>工程技术

Nowwithanewpreface(notinanyotheredition)thatwillreviewtheenormouspublicreceptionoftherelativelyobscurestringtheorymadepossiblebythisbookandanincreasednumberofadherentsamongstphysicistsTheElegantUniverse"setsastandardthatwillbehardtobeat"(NewYorkTimesBookReview).BrianGreene,oneoftheworld'sleadingstringtheorists,peelsawaythelayersofmysterysurroundingstringtheorytorevealauniversethatconsistsofelevendimensions,wherethefabricofspacetearsandrepairsitself,andallmatterfromthesmallestquarkstothemostgargantuansupernovasisgeneratedbythevibrationsofmicroscopicallytinyloopsofenergy.Todayphysicistsandmathematiciansthroughouttheworldarefeverishlyworkingononeofthemostambitioustheorieseverproposed:superstringtheory.Stringtheory,asitisoftencalled,isthekeytotheUnifiedFieldTheorythateludedEinsteinformorethanthirtyyears.Finally,thecentury-oldantagonismbetweenthelargeandthesmall-GeneralRelativityandQuantumTheory-isresolved.Stringtheoryproclaimsthatallofthewondroushappeningsintheuniverse,fromthefranticdancingofsubatomicquarkstothemajesticswirlingofheavenlygalaxies,arereflectionsofonegrandphysicalprincipleandmanifestationsofonesingleentity:microscopicallytinyvibratingloopsofenergy,abillionthofabillionththesizeofanatom.Inthisbrilliantlyarticulatedandrefreshinglyclearbook,Greenerelatesthescientificstoryandthehumanstrugglebehindtwentieth-centuryphysics'searchforatheoryofeverything.Throughthemasterfuluseofmetaphorandanalogy,TheElegantUniversemakessomeofthemostsophisticatedconceptsevercontemplatedviscerallyaccessibleandthoroughlyentertaining,bringinguscloserthanevertounderstandinghowtheuniverseworks. BrianGreeneisaprofessorofphysicsandmathematicsatColumbiaUniversity.
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Nowwithanewpreface(notinanyotheredition)thatwillreviewtheenormouspublicreceptionoftherelativelyobscurestringtheorymadepossiblebythisbookandanincreasednumberofadherentsamongstphysicistsTheElegantUniverse"setsastandardthatwillbehardtobeat"(NewYorkTimesBookReview).BrianGreene,oneoftheworld'sleadingstringtheorists,peelsawaythelayersofmysterysurroundingstringtheorytorevealauniversethatconsistsofelevendimensions,wherethefabricofspacetearsandrepairsitself,andallmatterfromthesmallestquarkstothemostgargantuansupernovasisgeneratedbythevibrationsofmicroscopicallytinyloopsofenergy.Todayphysicistsandmathematiciansthroughouttheworldarefeverishlyworkingononeofthemostambitioustheorieseverproposed:superstringtheory.Stringtheory,asitisoftencalled,isthekeytotheUnifiedFieldTheorythateludedEinsteinformorethanthirtyyears.Finally,thecentury-oldantagonismbetweenthelargeandthesmall-GeneralRelativityandQuantumTheory-isresolved.Stringtheoryproclaimsthatallofthewondroushappeningsintheuniverse,fromthefranticdancingofsubatomicquarkstothemajesticswirlingofheavenlygalaxies,arereflectionsofonegrandphysicalprincipleandmanifestationsofonesingleentity:microscopicallytinyvibratingloopsofenergy,abillionthofabillionththesizeofanatom.Inthisbrilliantlyarticulatedandrefreshinglyclearbook,Greenerelatesthescientificstoryandthehumanstrugglebehindtwentieth-centuryphysics'searchforatheoryofeverything.Throughthemasterfuluseofmetaphorandanalogy,TheElegantUniversemakessomeofthemostsophisticatedconceptsevercontemplatedviscerallyaccessibleandthoroughlyentertaining,bringinguscloserthanevertounderstandinghowtheuniverseworks.
作者简介:
BrianGreeneisaprofessorofphysicsandmathematicsatColumbiaUniversity.

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