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2003 Preface
Preface

Pt. I : The Edge of Knowledge
1. Tied Up with String 3

Pt. II : The Dilemma of Space, Time, and the Quanta
2. Space, Time, and the Eye of the Beholder 23
3. Of Warps and Ripples 53
4. Microscopic Weirdness 85
5. The Need for a New Theory: General Relativity vs. Quantum Mechanics 117

Pt. III : The Cosmic Symphony
6. Nothing but Music: The Essentials of Superstring Theory 135
7. The "Super" in Superstrings 166
8. More Dimensions Than Meet the Eye 184
9. The Smoking Gun: Experimental Signatures 210

Pt. IV : String Theory and the Fabric of Spacetime
10. Quantum Geometry 231
11. Tearing the Fabric of Space 263
12. Beyond Strings: In Search of M-Theory 283
13. Black Holes: A String/M-Theory Perspective 320
14. Reflections on Cosmology 345

Pt. V : Unification in the Twenty-First Century
15. Prospects 373

Notes 389
Glossary of Scientific Terms 413
References and Suggestions for Further Reading 427
Index 429

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In a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it explains, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal a universe that consists of 11 dimensions where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and all matter-from the smallest quarks to the most gargantuan supernovas-is generated by the vibrations of microscopically tiny loops of energy.

Green uses everything from an amusement park ride to ants on a garden hose to illustrate the beautiful yet bizarre realities that modern physics is unveiling. Dazzling in its brilliance, unprecedented in its ability to both illuminate and entertain, The Elegant Universe is a tour de force of science writing-a delightful, lucid voyage through modern physics that brings us closer than ever to understanding how the universe works.