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El universo elegante: Supercuerdas, dimensiones ocultas y la búsqueda de una teoría final
Brian Greene
4.03 AVERAGE
277 reviews for:
El universo elegante: Supercuerdas, dimensiones ocultas y la búsqueda de una teoría final
Brian Greene
4.03 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Will need to go back and re-read some sections... esp. on how exactly strings resolve the conflict between quantum mechanics and general relativity
You'll never view the cosmos the same way again. Written by a string theorist/mathematician, The Elegant Universe describes the ongoing development of superstring theory, the theory promising to unite all physical laws, matter and forces that comprise our universe. Despite being written in the late 1990s, this book is still relevant today. It also gives you a thorough review of the milestones that led up to the “superstring revolution“: special relativity, general relativity and quantum mechanics.
This book is meant for the reader with little to no knowledge of theoretical physics (which includes me). My high school physics courses, dealing only in classical Newtonian physics, never offered me a hint as to how utterly beautiful physics can be, nor how wondrous a picture it paints of our universe. This book makes me wish I had a classmate who told me, “Just be patient. This will all get a bit more interesting.“
This book is meant for the reader with little to no knowledge of theoretical physics (which includes me). My high school physics courses, dealing only in classical Newtonian physics, never offered me a hint as to how utterly beautiful physics can be, nor how wondrous a picture it paints of our universe. This book makes me wish I had a classmate who told me, “Just be patient. This will all get a bit more interesting.“
so elegantly written that i am still in shock. recommended for anyone and everyone. xx
A great book for introducing some of the trickier theoretical aspects of current physics exploration. It's 11 years old at this point, so from what I understand a lot of it has been qualified and updated/changed by further research, but it's still a cool door into these topics.
informative
slow-paced
The Elegant Universe was quite a dense read, though it's more because of my lack of foundational knowledge in higher level physics than anything. Brian Greene does a great job at explaining quantum theory to non-scientists, and I appreciate the many hypothetical examples and thought experiments. The chapters on relativity brought me up to speed before plunging me into the serious theories about hidden dimensions.
I'm probably not about to join a physics conference anytime soon, and I had to reread half of what I encountered. But this book succeeded in getting me to think about my place in things.
I'm probably not about to join a physics conference anytime soon, and I had to reread half of what I encountered. But this book succeeded in getting me to think about my place in things.
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