print email comment close The Elegant Universe URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/ Description: Companion site to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program about string theory (the idea "that the fundamental ingredients of nature are inconceivably tiny strings of energy, whose different modes of vibration underlie everything that happens in the universe") as explained by author-physicist Brian Greene. Includes interviews and articles, information about the film's special effects, interactive features on multidimensional math and supersymmetry, a teacher's guide, and related resources. Note: Contains some dead links. Publisher: WGBH Educational Foundation Extra Keywords Unified field, quantum mechanics, general relativity, resonance Library of Congress Subject Headings: Mathematical physics Particles (Nuclear physics) String models LII Database Information: Record 15012 created by Sybil Finemel on 10/26/2003 Last modification on 01/04/2009 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 02/14/2006 Published: 10/26/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/15012