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I‘m no physicist, so I moved really slowly through this one, but it‘s definitely understandable if you take the time to digest the concepts, since they build on each other. I feel like I‘m coming away from this book with a new appreciation for physics and the universe around us 🪐

Enjoyed listening to this one, though sometimes I did wish I had a physical copy for the times when I was struggling to understand a concept.

You'll never view the cosmos the same way again. Written by a string theorist/mathematician, The Elegant Universe describes the ongoing development of superstring theory, the theory promising to unite all physical laws, matter and forces that comprise our universe. Despite being written in the late 1990s, this book is still relevant today. It also gives you a thorough review of the milestones that led up to the “superstring revolution“: special relativity, general relativity and quantum mechanics.

This book is meant for the reader with little to no knowledge of theoretical physics (which includes me). My high school physics courses, dealing only in classical Newtonian physics, never offered me a hint as to how utterly beautiful physics can be, nor how wondrous a picture it paints of our universe. This book makes me wish I had a classmate who told me, “Just be patient. This will all get a bit more interesting.“

Bad news Einstein, you‘re still mostly known for not wearing socks. Thankfully, you‘ll adorn the walls of college dorms forever in that poster image where you stick your tongue out. Think on the bright side!

Greene's has something that makes very easy to follow complicated topics as an intuitive ones. The books has fantastic explanations passing through the basics of general relativity, quantum mechanics and finally string theory going deeper onto such concepts as 10 "spatial" dimensions, mirror symmetry and Calabi-Yau manifolds, to be honest some paragraphs needed to be read twice to get the idea. EXCELLENT BOOK for those who love such topics!

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The ultimate road trip.

“The story is among the grandest -- the unfolding of the entire universe; the mystery is among the toughest -- finding out how the cosmos came to be; ...and the quest is among the deepest -- the search for fundamental laws to explain all we see and beyond, from the tiniest particles to the most distant galaxies.”

#QuotsyMay18 | 8: Theory of #Everything

#ReadingResolutions | 8: #TravelTuesday

Wow! Wow! Wow!

@Gissy how do you know me so well?! Look at this mug: “I can explain it to you, but I can‘t understand it for you” that is too perfect! I have often thought that very sentiment. And double dipped chocolate peanuts are my absolute favorite!!!

The Elegant Universe is my science book club pick for April—yay! And I have wanted to read Angels Game since it came out because I loved Shadow of the Wind👇

26 is the number of spacetime dimensions in bosonic string theory. #novemberbythenumbers #26

Way over my head, but totally worth listening to.

Some of my eagle eyed #foliofreaks may have noticed the new Folio release in my #fivestarpredictions. There were several I wanted from the September collection but I managed to restrain myself and just buy these two (The Spring anthology was free, don't judge me!). I loved Brian Greene's The Hidden Reality so I'm hoping for equal brilliance from this one!

#subtitles #aprilbookshowers. This book 📚 has the longest subtitle in my library. It's a glorious sunny day and I took a trip to Sidney to admire my friend's garden. The universe is truly elegant

#thoughtprovoking #aprilbookshowers. Big Bang Theory is responsible for this purchase. Sheldon used to study string theory and this author had a cameo on the show. So I'm certain that if I ever read it this will be a very thought provoking book #blameitonSheldon

#catesbookstagramchallenge Day Thirteen: Black & White Books.

This is my sci-fi. I don't have fiction books set out/off Earth, but I do have some nonfiction books set in Universe.

#funfridayphoto with @Liberty