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Brian Greene
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There is an ill-concealed skeleton in the closet of physics: "As they are currently formulated, general relativity and quantum mechanics cannot both be right." Each is exceedingly accurate in its field: general relativity explains the behavior of
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Gary Zukav, David Finkelstein
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At an Esalen Institute meeting in 1976, tai chi master Al Huang said that the Chinese word for physics is Wu Li, "patterns of organic energy." Journalist Gary Zukav and the others present developed the idea of physics as the dance of the Wu Li Mas
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John Gribbin, Mark Chimsky
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Astrophysicist John Gribbin first introduced the general public to the world of quantum physics in 1984 with his book In Search of Schrödinger's Cat. A dizzying, counterintuitive domain, the quantum
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Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose
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Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of ph
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Michio Kaku, Jennifer Trainer Thompson
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Beyond Einstein takes readers on an exciting excursion into the discoveries that have led scientists to the brightest new prospect in theoretical physics today -- superstring theory. What is superstring theory and why is it important? This revolut
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Henning Genz
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What can you say about nothing? Paradoxically, it turns out we know quite a lot about emptiness, and physicist Henning Genz fills us in with Nothingness: The Science of Empty Space, a heady and delightful romp through the cold void of space. From
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Norman Friedman
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explains that our familiar three-dimensional world is a reality arising from an invisible ocean of unmeasurable energy which surrounds and permeates us. This conception as remarkable as it seems arises in a natural way from the ma thematical formalisms o
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Albert Einstein
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The Quotable Einstein is a complete compendium of quotes from the great physicist, organized thematically, usefully indexed, and thorough in its inclusion and documentation of attributed material, sources, and dates. As a resource for the Einstein
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Joseph Schwartz, Michael McGuinness
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One of the first in the series of For Beginners documentary comic books, Einstein for Beginners still holds up as a perfect introduction to the life and work of Albert Einstein. It has been said that only a small percentage of people really
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Joseph Schwartz, Michael McGuinness
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One of the first in the series of For Beginners documentary comic books, Einstein for Beginners still holds up as a perfect introduction to the life and work of Albert Einstein. It has been said that only a small percentage of people really
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George Johnson
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Murray Gell-Mann is a leading light in 20th-century physics, yet his name rings bells only for those interested in particle physics. Science writer George Johnson was fortunate enough to develop a friendly relationship with the great scientist, and his b
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John R. Gribbin
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In days of yore, educated men and women would avidly follow new developments in the world of science; these days it seems to be too much trouble--relativity was bad enough, but "N-dimensional space"? Fortunately for those of us who have trouble visualizi
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Timothy Ferris
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Plenty of books try to explain the origin of the universe, but despite the ascendance of the Big Bang theory, numerous details of that theory remain in flux as new observations are made and new hypotheses formed (and then confirmed or rejected). Timothy
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Stephen Hawking
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Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help nonscientists understand the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from? How an
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Clifford A. Pickover
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Clifford Pickover is IBM's Renaissance-guy-in-residence. His job is to play with cool ideas--time travel (Time: A Traveler's Guide), extraterrestrials (The Scie
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Amir D. Aczel
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Who would have thought a mathematical constant would make such an engaging character? God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe, mathematician Amir Aczel's tale of the search for a scientific explanation of the universe, fea
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David Hatcher Childress
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Loops, Knots, Gauge Theories and Quantum Gravity Rodolfo Gambini
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This text provides a self-contained introduction to applications of loop representations and knot theory in particle physics and quantum gravity. Loop representations (and the related topic of knot theory) are of considerable current interest because the
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Supersymmetry and Supergravity Julius Wess, Jonathan Bagger
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This widely acclaimed introduction to N = 1 supersymmetry and supergravity is aimed at readers familiar with relativistic quantum field theory who wish to learn about the supersymmetry algebra. In this new volume Supersymmetry and Supergravity has been g
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Strings, Lattice Gauge Theory and High Energy Phenomenology Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Complex General Relativity Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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MacH's Principle: From Newton's Bucket to Quantum Gravity Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Introduction to Supersymmetry and Supergravity Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Field Strings and Quantum Gravity Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Superstrings: The First 15 Years of Superstring Theory Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Feynman Lectures on Gravitation Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Euclidean Quantum Gravity on Manifolds With Boundary Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Canonical gravity: from classical to quantum: proceedings of the 117th WE Heraeus Seminar held at Bad Honnef, Germany, 13-17 September 1993 Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Classical and Quantum Gravity: Proceedings of the First Iberian Meeting on Gravity: Evora, Portugal 21-26 September 1992 Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Euclidean Quantum Gravity Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Asymptotic Quantization: Based on 1984 Naples Lectures Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Aspects of Gravitational Interactions Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Effective Action in Quantum Gravity Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Conceptual Problems of Quantum Gravity Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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String Theory in Four Dimensions Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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String Theory, Gauge Theory and Quantum Gravity '93 Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Strings, Conformal Fields, and M-Theory Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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String Theory, Quantum Cosmology and Quantum Gravity, Integrable and Conformal Invariant Theories: Proceedings of the Paris-Meudon Colloquium 22-26 Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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2 Dimensional Quantum Gravity and Random Surfaces Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Strings and Symmetries: Proceedings of the Gursey Memorial Conference I Held at Istanbul, Turkey, 6-10 June 1994 Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Grand Unified Theory
The concept that all forces that seem distinct in today's universe were, at higher energies, a single primordial force. Related memes: Quantum gravity, String theory.