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Gravity, Strings and Particles : A Journey Into the Unknown - Maurizio Gasperini

Gravity, Strings and Particles

A Journey Into the Unknown

By: Maurizio Gasperini

Paperback | 23 May 2014

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New fundamental forces of Nature? New forms of "dark'' energy? Signals from epochs preceding the Big Bang? Is our space-time unique? Only a joint study of the three topics examined in this book - gravity, strings and particles - may provide answers to these questions. Such a study may also provide the key to solving one of the most fascinating mysteries of modern science, namely: Besides time and the three spatial dimensions, how many other dimensions exist in our universe?

The book is primarily addressed to readers who do not necessarily have a specific background in physics but are nevertheless interested in discovering the originality and the possible implications of some of the amazing ideas in modern theoretical physics. The emphasis is on conveying ideas rather than explaining formulas, focusing not on what is known but -- mainly -- on what is still unknown. Many parts of the book are devoted to fundamental theoretical models and results which are potentially highly relevant for a deeper understanding of Nature, but are still waiting to be confirmed (or disproved) by experiments. From this point of view, the material of this book may also be of interest to professional physicists, whether or not they work in the field of fundamental interactions.


Industry Reviews

"Gasperini has written the book version of an excellent colloquium talk outlining important questions in modern theoretical physics. ... This book may be particularly useful to mathematicians working in subfields adjacent to theoretical physics, such as mirror symmetry. ... if you're preparing your own colloquium talk about the implications of string theory, Gasperini may provide some inspiration!" (Ursula Whitcher, MAA Reviews, maa.org, November, 2015)

"True to its subtitle, this book really is 'a journey into the unknown.' ... The book is also filled with marvelous insights related to the physics of small distances and high energies. It is suitable for casual readers ... as well as physics students and scientists. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Academic and general readers." (S. Tripathi, Choice, Vol. 52 (5), January, 2015)

"The book is addressed to readers who are interested what is going on in modern research on this field without being specialists. ... This book gives an excellent overview on the present state of art and goals of research on the title problem. It can be best recommended to anyone being interested." (K.-E. Hellwig, zbMATH 1315.81003, 2015)

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