The complete idiot's guide to string theory
Pocketbok. New York : Alpha/Penguin Group (USA). 334 sidor.
Nyskick. The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory brings you up to speed on the leading contender for a unified theory, known as string theory, as well as the major alternatives. The book is available in bookstores in both the virtual and physical universes
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9781592577026
- Titel
- The complete idiot's guide to string theory
- Författare
- Musser, George.
- Förlag
- New York : Alpha/Penguin Group (USA)
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-324) and index.
Part 1: String Theory in a Nutshell -- 1. What Is String Theory? -- 2. Why Should Anybody Care? -- Part 2: The Great Clash of Worldviews -- 3. Einstein's Theories -- 4. The Quantum Revolution -- 5. The Standard Model of Particles -- 6. The World of the Small -- Part 3: The Need for Unity -- 7. Why Unify? -- 8. Black Holes -- 9. The Big Bang -- 10. Time Machines -- Part 4: Gravity Meets the Quantum -- 11. The Paradox of the Graviton -- 12. The Music of Strings -- 13. Playing a Different Tune -- Part 5: The Big Ideas -- 14. Extra Dimensions -- 15. Parallell Universes -- 16. The Root of the Tree -- 17. Symmetry -- 18. Emergence -- Part 6: What Has String Theory Done For Yoy Lately? -- 19. Black Branes and Balls of String -- 20. Before the Big Bang -- 21. Ten Ways to Test String Theory -- 22. The String Wars -- 23. What NoW?
New York : Alpha/Penguin Group (USA)
9781592577026
