The Universe in a Nutshell

Readby5CD'sLikemanyinthecommunityoftheoreticalphysicists，ProfessorHawkingisaftertheGrailofscience-theTheoryofEverythingthatliesattheheartofthecosmos.Heinvolvesusintheattemptsatuncoveringitssecrets-fromsupergravitytosupersymmetry，fromquantumtheorytoM-theory，fromholographytoduality，andnow，attheveryfrontiersofscience，superstringtheoryandp-branes.Heshareshiseagernessto"combineEinstein'sGeneralTheoryofRelativityandRichardFeynman'sideaofmultiplehistoriesintoacompleteunifiedtheorythatwilldescribeeverythingthathappensintheuniverse."Withcharacteristicexuberance，Hawkinginvitesustobefellowtravelersonthisextraordinaryvoyagethroughspacetime.