The Elegant Universe

“Few humans share Greene’s mastery of the latest cosmological science and English prose.” – Dennis Overbye - New York Times“As rewarding as it gets.… [A] thrilling ride through a lovely landscape.” – K. C. Cole - Los Angeles Times“Sets a standard that will be hard to beat.” – George Johnson - The New York Times Book Review“Compulsively readable.… Greene threatens to do for string theory what Stephen Hawking did for black holes.” – New York“I devoured this book when it first came out and I still have not read an easier-to-understand summary of modern physics and quantum mechanics.” – Jason Kottke - Kottke.org

Brian Greene is the director of Columbia University’s Center for Theoretical Physics and cofounder of the World Science Festival. Acclaimed for groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory, he is the author of four best-selling books that have collectively sold more than two million copies worldwide. He lives in New York.