Name: The Elegant Universe
Rating: 4.142857142857143 (42 reviews)
ISBN: 9780375708114

Brian Greene

Introduces the superstring theory that attempts to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics

Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

The Elegant Universe

Sarah Sammis

Brian Green

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory is a book by Brian Greene published in 1999, which introduces string and superstring theory, and provides a comprehensive though non-technical assessment of the theory and some of its shortcomings. 

Tyler Gibbs

I like the way Brian explains physics. This book can be highly technical for just a beginner to physics. Loved the book looking to buy his other books.

Coleman McCormick

I enjoyed the backgrounds in quantum mechanics and relativity more than the primary topic of the book: string theory. String theory is certainly fascinating as a potential "theory of everything", but it's hard to assemble a primer on the subject for those of us that aren't theoretical physicists. It gets wild and abstract pretty quick.

Stewart Scott

Very difficult topic to explain to mere mortals. I struggled with keeping all the information together and making sense. It is a good book and explains fairly well using examples, but sometimes feels like the book wonders off on a tangent for a bit and my brain doesn't have the ability to get back to the main discussions, when the book returns.

Safiya 

The beginning of the book was alright, but then quality dropped, and complexity climbed... 
Yet the string theory is soooo complicated, whereas if you can't put things simply they just might not be accurate.. so leaves one wondering...

Mariel Adrianna de la Garza

Don't be intimidated by the title. Brian Greene is an excellent writer and a good teacher; the book is written so it's accessible by anyone. All the complicated math is in the index, if you want to look at it, but he leaves it out in the main text making the book very reader friendly. Thoroughly interesting.

Jade Flynn

“...things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice.”

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

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