num_pages: 448
description: An accomplished professor of physics and mathematics unravels the complexities of superstring theory for the average reader in a lucid and entertaining account, using analogies from everyday life to explain the elegant underlying principles of the universe.
language: English
title: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
titlecomplete: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
genres: Popular Science, Astronomy, Science, Philosophy, Mathematics, Space, Physics, Nonfiction, Unfinished, Audiobook
ratings_count: 96254
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Royal Society Science Book Prize
category: General Prize, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Lionel Trilling Book Award
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc