Back الكون الرائع (كتاب) Arabic الكون الانيق (كتاب) ARZ L'Univers Elegant Catalan Το Κομψό Σύμπαν Greek El universo elegante Spanish جهان زیبا Persian L'Univers élégant French היקום האלגנטי HE Az elegáns univerzum Hungarian L'universo elegante Italian
 Hardcover edition | |
| Author | Brian Greene |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Sherry Love |
| Language | English |
| Subject | String theory |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Publication date | 1999/2003 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 448 pp. (2003 edition) |
| ISBN | 0-393-05858-1 (2003 edition) |
| Followed by | The Fabric of the Cosmos |
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory is a book by Brian Greene published in 1999, which introduces string and superstring theory, and provides a comprehensive though non-technical assessment of the theory and some of its shortcomings. In 2000, it won the Royal Society Prize for Science Books and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. A new edition was released in 2003, with an updated preface.