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

"Greene lays out the theory so clearly and persuasively that you almost come to believe it, and to hope that someday a way will be found to establish whether it is anything more than wishful mathematics....Like all popular science writers, Greene is burdened with the task of having to start from scratch, explaining ideas about relativity and quantum mechanics that were current in the 30's....But with Greene this familiar ground is well worth retreading. Rather than recycling the tired old set pieces science writers too often fall back on, he develops one fresh insight after another....In the great tradition of physicists writing for the masses, THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE sets a standard that will be hard to beat."Greene, Brian is the author of 'The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory', published 2000 under ISBN 9780375708114 and ISBN 0375708111.