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By Steven S. Gubser

ISBN-10: 0691142890

ISBN-13: 9780691142890

The Little e-book of String Theory bargains a quick, available, and enjoyable creation to 1 of the main talked-about components of physics at the present time. String conception has been referred to as the "theory of everything." It seeks to explain the entire basic forces of nature. It encompasses gravity and quantum mechanics in a single unifying conception. however it is unproven and fraught with controversy. After interpreting this publication, you'll be capable of draw your personal conclusions approximately string theory.

Steve Gubser starts by way of explaining Einstein's recognized equation E = mc<sup>2</sup>, quantum mechanics, and black holes. He then supplies readers a crash path in string thought and the center principles in the back of it. In simple English and with no less than arithmetic, Gubser covers strings, branes, string dualities, additional dimensions, curved spacetime, quantum fluctuations, symmetry, and supersymmetry. He describes efforts to hyperlink string thought to experimental physics and makes use of analogies that nonscientists can comprehend. How does Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu relate to quantum mechanics? What would it not be wish to fall right into a black gap? Why is dancing a waltz just like considering a string duality? discover within the pages of this book.

The Little e-book of String Theory is the fundamental, latest beginner's advisor to this dependent, multidimensional box of physics.

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