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The elegant universe superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory

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Main Author: Greene, B. (Brian), 1963-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, 2000.
Subjects:
Superstring theories.
Cosmology.
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Item Description:Previously published: New York : W. W. Norton, c1999.
Physical Description:448 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0375708111 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Brian Greene was born on February 9, 1963 in New York City. After attending Stuyvesant High School, where he was a classmate of fellow physicist Lisa Randall. Brian Greene entered Harvard in 1980 to major in physics. He graduated with a bachelor's degree, and went on to earn his doctorate from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, graduating in 1987. Greene joined the physics faculty of Cornell University in 1990, and was appointed to a full professorship in 1995. The following year, he joined the staff of Columbia University as a full professor; this remains his current position. At Columbia, Greene is co-director of the University's Institute for Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics (ISCAP), and is leading a research program applying superstring theory to cosmological questions. He has become known to a wider audience through his books for the general public, The Elegant Universe, Icarus at the Edge of Time, The Fabric of the Cosmos, The Hidden Reality, and a related PBS television special.

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