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Supplemental Texts The Elegant Universe (Vintage, Random House, 1999) - Brian Greene Pulitzer prize-winning book on string theory and "extra" dimensions. The Hole in the Universe (Harcourt, 2001) - K.C. Cole Discussion of the physics of the vacuum by the science reporter for the Los Angeles Times. 
Dreams of a Final Theory(Vintage, 1994) - Steven Weinberg Discussion of grand unification and the "theory of everything" by UT Nobel Prize winner. This book was selected to be one of the 100 best popular science books of the 20th century by a recent millenial poll. The God Particle (Delta, 1994) - Leon Lederman Dicussion of the particle that gives mass mass by Nobel Prize winner and ex-director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Norton, 1994) - Kip Thorne Treatise on the curved space and time of Einstein by one of the preeminent researchers on the topic. Thorne provided the outlines for the "worm hole" featured in Carl Sagan's Contact and tells the story of the research into time machines that flowed from the fictional beginning. The River of Time (Cambridge, 1998) - Igor Novikov One of the giants of Russian astrophysics gives his view of his and Thorne's work on worm holes and time machines. Before the Beginning, Our Universe and Others (Addison Wesley, 1997) - Martin Rees Discussion of other universes that might arise in black holes and be connected through Big Bangs by the Astronomer Royal of Great Britain. Unveiling the Edge of Time: Black Holes, White Holes, Wormholes (Crown, 1992) - John Gribbon Discussion of the worm hole time machine developments of Thorne and Novikov by well-known popularizer of science. The Universe in a Nutshell (Bantam, 2002) - Steven Hawking Latest popular contribution by the famous Star Trek actor. The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos (Princeton University Press, 2002) - Robert Kirshner A personal report by one of the insiders on the use of supernovae to discover the accelerating Universe. The Biggest Bangs: The Mystery of Gamma-ray Bursts, the Most Violent Explosions in the Universe (Oxford, 2002) - Jonathan Katz Historical summary by one of the long-time active theorists in the field. |
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