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The Elegant Universe
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  • Published: 31 May 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446477779
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 512

The Elegant Universe

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3 Mar 2000
EBook
31 May 2011
Audiobook
23 Dec 2008
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The 25th Anniversary Edition of Brian Greene's iconic bestseller, combining great scientific insight and elegant writing to unravel the greatest mysteries of one of our most complex scientific concepts: string theory.

THE 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - INCLUDING A NEW PREFACE AND EPILOGUE FROM BRIAN GREENE

The iconic bestseller that introduced legions to modern physics and the quest for the ultimate understanding of the cosmos, featuring a new preface and epilogue.

With a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as graceful as the theories it explains, The Elegant Universe remains the unrivalled account of the modern search for the deepest laws of nature. In this new 25th anniversary edition, renowned physicist Brian Greene updates his classic work with a new preface and epilogue summarising the significant theoretical and experimental developments over the past quarter-century. From established science, including relativity and quantum mechanics, to the cutting edge of thinking on black holes, string theory, and quantum gravity, The Elegant Universe makes some of the most sophisticated concepts ever contemplated thoroughly accessible and entertaining, bringing us closer than ever to comprehending how the universe works.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST

'Compulsively readable...Greene threatens to do for string theory what Stephen Hawking did for holes' New York Times
  • Published: 31 May 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446477779
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 512
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About the author

Brian Greene

BRIAN GREENE is a professor of physics and mathematics and director of Columbia University's Center for Theoretical Physics and is renowned for his groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory. He is the author of The Elegant Universe, The Fabric of the Cosmos, and The Hidden Reality, which have collectively spent sixty-five weeks on The New York Times best-seller list and sold more than two million copies worldwide, and he has hosted two Peabody and Emmy Award winning NOVAminiseries based on his books. With producer Tracy Day, Greene cofounded the World Science Festival. He lives in New York.
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