The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory

Name: The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: George Musser
ISBN: 9781433275616

Author: George Musser

Narrator: Ray Porter

Unabridged: 10 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 04/28/2009

Categories: Nonfiction, Science

Synopsis

Everything is connected. Were living in the midst of a scientific revolution thats captured the general publics attention and imagination. The aim of this new revolution is to develop a theory of everything, a set of laws of physics that will explain all that can be explained, ranging from the tiniest subatomic particle to the universe as a whole. Here, readers will learn the ideas behind the theories and their effects upon our world, our civilization, and ourselves.

About George Musser

George Musser is an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor for Scientific American, and the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory. He is the recipient of a Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award from the American Astronomical Society and the 2011 American Institute of Physics Science Communication Award for Science Writing. He was a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT from 2014 to 2015. He has appeared on Today, CNN, NPR, the BBC, Al Jazeera, and other outlets. He lives in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, with his wife and daughter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on January 05, 2010

George Musser has written an excellent introduction to cutting-edge Planck-length scale speculative Physics with the publication of this book. I will conclude this post with my Amazon review. Before doing so, I wish to point out that another similarly-titled book has just been published: String Theo......more

Goodreads review by Dianna on September 21, 2012

So, the whole book may turn out to be fiction, but kudos to the author. He makes string theory and the competing theories come alive. He has a talent for vivid imagery that makes the theories intelligible and interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Vernon on May 14, 2017

Difficult to follow. Not as clear as I wanted it to be. Lots of good anecdotes.......more

Goodreads review by Richard on May 23, 2020

Physics seeks to explain everything about the physical universe - from the tiny subatomic world to the enormous and numerous galaxies. That is, literally, a huge area to cover and, to date, a TOE (theory of everything) has alluded the best minds in the field. Of course a cure for the common cold has......more

Goodreads review by Steve on March 18, 2023

"The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory: Take Your Understanding of Physics into a Whole New Dimension!" by George Musser is an accessible and engaging introduction to one of the most fascinating and complex areas of modern physics: string theory. The book is designed to help readers understand......more