出版社: W. W. Norton & Company
副标题: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
出版年: 2003-10
页数: 464
定价: 195.00元
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780393058581
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A new edition of the New York Times bestsellernow a three-part Nova special on PBS-TV coming in Fall 2003: a fascinating and thought-provoking journey through the mysteries of space, time, and matter. Now with a new preface (not in any other edition) that will review the enormous public reception of the relatively obscure string theorymade possible by this book ...
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A new edition of the New York Times bestsellernow a three-part Nova special on PBS-TV coming in Fall 2003: a fascinating and thought-provoking journey through the mysteries of space, time, and matter. Now with a new preface (not in any other edition) that will review the enormous public reception of the relatively obscure string theorymade possible by this book and an increased number of adherents amongst physicists The Elegant Universe "sets a standard that will be hard to beat" ( New York Times Book Review ). Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal a universe that consists of eleven dimensions, where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and all matterfrom the smallest quarks to the most gargantuan supernovasis generated by the vibrations of microscopically tiny loops of energy. Today physicists and mathematicians throughout the world are feverishly working on one of the most ambitious theories ever proposed: superstring theory. String theory, as it is often called, is the key to the Unified Field Theory that eluded Einstein for more than thirty years. Finally, the century-old antagonism between the large and the small-General Relativity and Quantum Theory-is resolved. String theory proclaims that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe, from the frantic dancing of subatomic quarks to the majestic swirling of heavenly galaxies, are reflections of one grand physical principle and manifestations of one single entity: microscopically tiny vibrating loops of energy, a billionth of a billionth the size of an atom. In this brilliantly articulated and refreshingly clear book, Greene relates the scientific story and the human struggle behind twentieth-century physics' search for a theory of everything. Through the masterful use of metaphor and analogy, The Elegant Universe makes some of the most sophisticated concepts ever contemplated viscerally accessible and thoroughly entertaining, bringing us closer than ever to understanding how the universe works.
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B·格林,毕业于哈佛大学,在牛津大学获博士学位,是罗德学者(Rhodes Scholars)。1990年,他来到康奈尔大学物理系,1995年被聘为教授,1996年到哥伦比亚大学任物理学和数学教授。他曾在20多个国家开过普及和专业讲座,公认在超弦理论中有过许多开拓性的发现。他现在住纽约绮色佳。
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绝佳的一本物理学科普书,疯狂做笔记
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现代物理学的一个核心难题就是广义相对论与量子力学存在根本性的理论冲突,而弦理论或许是条出路,能够将两者统一。依照弦理论,所有物质和力都来自于同一个基元:振动的弦,而非标准模型所假设的点粒子。而一个基本“粒子”的性质(它的质量和不同的力荷)是由它内部的弦产生... (展开)深入浅出的科普,兼谈读书的选择
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0 有用 raminloavo 2018-11-25 16:52:26
Nothing can offer the sense of wonder as Physics does
0 有用 raminloavo 2018-11-25 16:52:26
Nothing can offer the sense of wonder as Physics does