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Science 11 June 1999:
Vol. 284. no. 5421, p. 1780
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5421.1780a
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PHYSICS:
The Seductive Melody of the Strings

A review by Sidney Perkowitz

The Elegant Universe Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Brian Greene
Norton, New York, 1999. 464 pp. $27.95. ISBN 0-393-04688-5.

Writing for a general audience, physicist Greene presents an account of recent theoretical developments and argues that string theory appears to be a promising route toward an ultimate theory of everything.
The author is in the Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. E-mail: physp{at}emory.edu

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