Publisher's Synopsis
Superstrings and Other Things: A Guide to Physics takes readers on a fascinating journey through physics. Written in an accessible style, this comprehensive guide explains the basic concepts of motion, energy, and gravity, through to the latest theories about the structure of matter, the origin of the universe, and the beginning of time. Fully illustrated throughout, we learn about the major discoveries and the scientists behind them; from Galileo and Newton, Einstein and Bohr, to Feynman and Hawking. Numerous examples of physics in everyday situations are provided and explained in an easy to understand way. Its coverage is appealing to the general reader and is essential for those in fields other than physics.
