Description
- Provides the only modern, popular science account of string theory accessible to a general audience
- Covers a wide range of contemporary mathematics and describes the big picture of known physics
- Addresses applications and criticisms of string theory
Table of Contents
Why?: The Long Wait. Scales of Science: Little and Large. Big Lessons of Physics. The Truth Is Out There. What?: What Was String Theory? What Is String Theory? What For?: Direct Experimental Evidence for String Theory. Why Strings? Quantum Field Theory. Why Strings? Mathematics. Why Strings? Cosmology and Particle Physics. Why Strings? Quantum Gravity. Who?: A Thousand Flowers Blooming: Styles of Science. #EpicFail? Criticisms of String Theory. Why String Theory?
