The Elegant Universe
Hardcover edition | |
| Author | Brian Greene |
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| Cover artist | Sherry Love |
| Language | English |
| Subject | String theory |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Publication date | 1999/2003 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 448 pp. (2003 edition) |
| ISBN | 0-393-05858-1 (2003 edition) |
| Followed by | The Fabric of the Cosmos |
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory is a book by Brian Greene published in 1999, which introduces string and superstring theory, and provides a comprehensive though non-technical assessment of the theory and some of its shortcomings. In 2000, it won the Royal Society Prize for Science Books and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. A new edition was released in 2003, with an updated preface.