Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory > 지구과학/천문학

Preface
Pt. I The Edge of Knowledge
1 Tied Up with String 3
Pt. II The Dilemma of Space, Time, and the Quanta
2 Space, Time, and the Eye of the Beholder 23
3 Of Warps and Ripples 53
4 Microscopic Weirdness 85
5 The Need for a New Theory: General Relativity vs. Quantum Mechanics 117
Pt. III The Cosmic Symphony
6 Nothing but Music: The Essentials of Superstring Theory 135
7 The \"Super\" in Superstrings 166
8 More Dimensions Than Meet the Eye 184
9 The Smoking Gun: Experimental Signatures 210
Pt. IV String Theory and the Fabric of Spacetime
10 Quantum Geometry 231
11 Tearing the Fabric of Space 263
12 Beyond Strings: In Search of M-Theory 283
13 Black Holes: A String/M-Theory Perspective 320
14 Reflections on Cosmology 345
Pt. V Unification in the Twenty-First Century
15 Prospects 373
Notes 389
Glossary of Scientific Terms 413
References and Suggestions for Further Reading 427
Index 429