The Elegant Universe
Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
String theory explained for readers who are not physicists, by one who is.
Greene explains string theory for readers without mathematics: why relativity and quantum mechanics cannot both be right as they stand, and how vibrating strings in ten or eleven dimensions might reconcile them. Published in 1999, it was a Pulitzer finalist and became the standard popular account of the field, admired for making genuinely difficult physics followable.
Recommended by 1 Person
Mark Kurlansky
I love this book. In more years than I want to add up of journalism, I have talked to people in every walk of life imaginable – movie stars and athletes and politicians. I find that the most interesting people to talk to are scientists, but the problem is that they are often not that articulate, and difficult to understand. So when you get a scientist who can explain things clearly it is a real opportunity.
Interview · January 2012
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