THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE: SUPERSTRINGS, HIDDEN DIMENSIONS, AND THE QUEST FOR THE ULTIMATE THEORY

First Folio Society edition. With a new introduction by the author. Publisher's original red cloth and illustated paper covered boards. In the publisher's slipcase. Illustrated with 17 colour plates and smaller illustrations and diagrams throughout the text. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Housed in the fine, black card slipcase.

First published in 1999, Columbia University professor Brian Greene provides, in layman's terms, a comprehensive demystification of string theory. An international bestseller, the book won the Royal Society Prize for Science Books in 2000, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.