(Set) The Mind-Bending Physics of String Theory & The Big Bang and Beyond: Exploring the Early Universe

See the universe from a physicist’s perspective in this eye-opening two-course set. Take a wild ride with a noted expert through extra dimensions, black holes, inflating universes, and other marvels of string theory in The Mind-Bending Physics of String Theory. And enjoy a detailed description of events that occurred 13.8 billion years ago—when the universe as we know it got its start—in The Big Bang and Beyond: Exploring the Early Universe.

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