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Title: IN SEARCH OF SUPERSTRINGS
SYMMETRY, MEMBRANES AND THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
By: John Gribbin
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1840468327
ISBN 13: 9781840468328
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Publisher: ICON BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 5 July, 2007
Pages: 224
Description: Provides an overview of the hundred-year saga of particle physics, explaining details from the basics to the research that has produced new models of the universe, among them the radical theories of "superstrings" - the hypothesis that particles are loops of vibrating "string" - and "supersymmetry."
Synopsis: Since Einstein's time, a "theory of everything" - one coherent mathematical model that would encompass all the forces and particles of nature - has become the Holy Grail of physics, and its pursuit has resulted in some of the most extraordinary ideas in the history of science. One of the world's foremost popular science authors, John Gribbin provides a brief, succinct, accessible overview of the hundred-year saga of particle physics, explaining everything from the basics (how subatomic particles work) to the cutting edge research that has produced dazzling new models of the universe, among them the radical theories of "superstrings" - the hypothesis that particles are loops of vibrating "string" - and "supersymmetry."
Publication: UK
Imprint: Icon Books Ltd
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