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What if every particle in the universe, every electron, every quark, every flash of light, is really a tiny vibrating string, and the difference between them is nothing more than the note that string is playing? It sounds like poetry, but it is the most ambitious idea in modern physics: a single theory that might explain everything.

String theory is famous, dazzling, and deeply controversial, and this book finally makes it understandable. No physics degree required, no heavy math assumed. Starting from the great unsolved problem at the heart of physics, it builds the idea one careful step at a time, then does something rarer still: it tells you honestly where the theory triumphs, where it struggles, and why brilliant scientists are still arguing over whether it is true.

Inside, you'll discover:
- Why relativity and quantum mechanics cannot both be right as they stand
- What a vibrating string actually is, and how it could be everything
- Why strings force the universe to have extra, hidden dimensions
- Calabi-Yau shapes and the strange geometry of reality
- Supersymmetry, the five string theories, and the M-theory that unites them
- Branes, the landscape, the multiverse, and holography, in plain language
- How string theory rewrites black holes and the Big Bang
- The fierce debate over whether the theory can ever be tested at all

This is the clear, honest guide to physics' grandest dream, told with both its breathtaking ambition and its unanswered questions fully intact.

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• Plný název: String Theory for Curious Minds
• Podnázev: A Clear and Complete Guide to the Universe's Most Ambitious Idea
• Autor: Lincoln Gibson
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 392
• EAN: 9798183620283
• ID: 52995329
• Nakladatelství: Independently published
• Hmotnost: 524 g
• Rozměry: 229 × 152 × 20 mm
• Datum vydání: 21. June 2026

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