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Links
The Official String Theory Web Site
www.superstringtheory.com
This award-winning site by physicist Patricia Schwarz is an Internet string theory classic. Writing for the non-scientist, Schwarz takes an irreverent yet informative look at all aspects of the topic, including the history of string theory and the major players in the field today.
The Symphony of Everything
www.msnbc.com/news/201650.asp?cp1=1
For a simple, illustrated tutorial on string theory basics like string types, frequencies, and membranes, visit this concise infographic offered by MSNBC.
Superstrings!
www.sukidog.com/jpierre/strings
This no-frills collection of pages goes into detail about the mathematical equations underpinning string theory and offers a detailed glossary of strings-related terminology and a useful list of related links and books.
Particle Physics Information and Databases
pdg.lbl.gov/information.html
An international group of particle physicists offer this online particle database, where you can easily locate papers on string theory by leading researchers or look up more information about your favorite universal constants, such as the Planck length and the speed of light in a vacuum.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
www.fnal.gov
The Web site of the world's most powerful particle accelerator, located in Batavia, Illinois, offers a wealth of interesting information on the work done there and the scientists who do it. You'll find articles, video clips, a virtual tour, and more.
The Particle Adventure
particleadventure.org
The National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy attempt to answer a collection of very big questions (i.e., "what is the world made of?") through an illustrated step-through activity that is both fun and informative.
String Theory: An Evaluation
www.math.columbia.edu/~woit
String theory is not all roses and bosons. Columbia University mathematician Peter Woit presents a collection of articles that take a critical look at strings.
Books
The Elegant Universe
by Brian Greene. New York: Vintage Books, 2000
The Charm of Strange Quarks
by Michael R. Barnett. New York: Springer Verlag, 2000
The Particle Garden: Our Universe As Understood by Particle Physicists
by Gordon Kane. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1995
The Quark and the Jaguar
by Murray Gell-Mann. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1994
The Search for Superstrings, Symmetry, and the Theory of Everything
by John R. Gribbin. Boston: Little and Brown, 1998
Superstrings and the Search for the Theory of Everything
by F. David Peat. Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc., 1988
The World of Atoms and Quarks
by Albert Stwekrtka. New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1995
Articles
"Hunting for Higher Dimensions"
by P. Weiss. Science News, February 19, 2000, pages 122-124.
Online at: www.sciencenews.org/20000219/bob9.asp
"The Universe's Unseen Dimensions"
by Nima Arkini-Hamed, Savas Dimopoulos, and Georgi Dvali. Scientific American, August 2000, pages 62-69.
"Almost in Awe, Physicists Ponder 'Ultimate' Theory"
by George Johnson. The New York Times, September 22, 1998, page F1.
"A Unified Physics by 2050?"
by Steven Weinberg. Scientific American, December 1999, pages 68-75.
Online at: www.sciam.com/issue.cfm?issueDate=Dec-99
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