Superstrings and the Search for the Theory of Everything

Fülszöveg

Since Einstein, physicists have been pursuing a holy
grail - a single theory that would order all of the
subatomic particles in the universe and unify the four
faces of nature. Such a theory would answer
questions like: How did the universe begin? What is
the origin of time? What is matter? What is the
ultimate meaning of physical laws?
In 1984, a theory burst upon the scientific world, a
theory so bizarre and fantastical that it seemed to
defy imagination. Yet it appeared to explain all
physical phenomena so completely that it quickly
became known as The Theory of Everything'.
F. David Peat explains the development and meaning
of this Superstring Theory in a thoroughly readable,
dramatic manner accessible to lay readers with no
knowledge of mathematics. The theory states that
everything in the universe - matter, forces, even
space itself - consists of minuscule strings of ten
dimensions, six of which are so tightly curled up that
only four dimensions are... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Since Einstein, physicists have been pursuing a holy
grail - a single theory that would order all of the
subatomic particles in the universe and unify the four
faces of nature. Such a theory would answer
questions like: How did the universe begin? What is
the origin of time? What is matter? What is the
ultimate meaning of physical laws?
In 1984, a theory burst upon the scientific world, a
theory so bizarre and fantastical that it seemed to
defy imagination. Yet it appeared to explain all
physical phenomena so completely that it quickly
became known as The Theory of Everything'.
F. David Peat explains the development and meaning
of this Superstring Theory in a thoroughly readable,
dramatic manner accessible to lay readers with no
knowledge of mathematics. The theory states that
everything in the universe - matter, forces, even
space itself - consists of minuscule strings of ten
dimensions, six of which are so tightly curled up that
only four dimensions are visible to us.
Many physicists have concluded that the building
blocks of the universe - including protons, neutrons,
and electrons - are not elementary particles, as long
believed, but rather tiny superstrings that both vibrate
at specific frequencies (like a guitar string) and rotate
(unlike a guitar string) in ten dimensional space. The
consequences of the Superstring Theory are nothing
less than astonishing. Vissza