Physics World's 'Book of the Year' for 2016
An Entertaining and Enlightening Guide to the Who, What, and Why of String Theory, now also available in an updated reflowable electronic format compatible with mobile devices and e-readers.
During the last 50 years, numerous physicists have tried to unravel the secrets of string theory. Yet why do these scientists work on a theory lacking experimental confirmation?
Why String Theory? provides the answer, offering a highly readable and accessible panorama of the who, what, and why of this large aspect of modern theoretical physics. The author, a theoretical physics professor at the University of Oxford and a leading string theorist, explains what string theory is and where it originated. He describes how string theory fits into physics and why so many physicists and mathematicians find it appealing when working on topics from M-theory to monsters and from cosmology to superconductors.
| ISBN: | 9781482242478 |
| Publication date: | 10th December 2015 |
| Author: | Joseph Conlon |
| Publisher: | CRC Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 260 pages |
| Series: | Discovering Physics |
| Genres: |
Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory) Relativity physics Cosmology and the universe |
Physics World's 'Book of the Year' for 2016 An Entertaining and Enlightening Guide to the Who, What, and Why of String Theory, now also available in an updated reflowable electronic format compatible with mobile devices and e-readers.During the last 50 years, numerous physicists have tried to unravel the secrets of string theory. Yet why do these scientists work on a theory lacking experimental confirmation?Why String Theory? provides the answer, offering a highly readable and accessible panorama of the who, what, and why of this large aspect of modern theoretical physics.
Why String Theory? features in the following genres: Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Relativity physics, Cosmology and the universe
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Why String Theory? was written by Joseph Conlon and published by CRC Press
Why String Theory? has 260 pages
Yes it is part of Discovering Physics series
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