The World in Eleven Dimensions
Author | : M.J Duff |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781482268737 |
ISBN-13 | : 1482268736 |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The World in Eleven Dimensions by : M.J Duff
Download or read book The World in Eleven Dimensions written by M.J Duff and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unified theory embracing all physical phenomena is a major goal of theoretical physics. In the early 1980s, many physicists looked to eleven-dimensional supergravity in the hope that it might provide that elusive superunified theory. In 1984 supergravity was knocked off its pedestal by ten-dimensional superstrings, one-dimensional objects whose v