

His goal is not to convert people to the cause but to help them better understand the ideas. Gubser opens The Little Book of String Theory with a simple-and highly accurate-sentence: 'String theory is a mystery.' You won't get very far into this excellent book before you'll be agreeing with him completely."-Washington Post "Gubser does a masterly job of introducing string theory in simple terms and without using math. "The Little Book of String Theory by theoretical physicist Steven Gubser puts into words the abstract maths of some of the most challenging areas of physics, from energy and quantum mechanics to branes, supersymmetry and multiple dimensions."-Nature "Princeton theoretical physicist Steven S.
