String theory for dummies
By: by Andrew Zimmerman Jones with Daniel Robbins
Contributors: Robbins, Daniel
Series: For dummies; --For dummies
Publisher: Wiley Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780470467244
Subjects: Stringtheorie; Physics; String models; Popular works
Description: Your plain-English guide to a complex scientific theory. Explains the basics, the theory's hypotheses and predictions, and explores it curious implications.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing string theory; title: The physics upon which string theory is built; title: Building string theory: a theory of everything; title: The unseen cosmos: string theory on the boundaries of knowledge; title: What the other guys say: criticisms and alternatives; title: The part of tens.