Which Physics Book Did I Read in 2004?

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The book discussed is "The Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene, which was read around 2004. This paperback covers topics from subatomic particles to chaos theory, with relativity featured early in the text. The cover is described as black, possibly depicting a galaxy or a black hole. The book serves as a primer for readers interested in fundamental physics concepts.

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It was a paperback book on physics that I was reading around 2004 that may have been a few years old then, it started off with subatomic particles and went on through physics to chaos theory. Relativity may have been early in the book. I think it was intended as a primer.

I read about quarks in there and the cover was black, maybe with a galaxy on the front- possibly a black hole diagram (maybe not). I want to say the guy who wrote it was young-ish. Certainly not Hawking.

I know this is not much to go on, but if you have any idea please let me know.

Thank you-

Scott
 
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I was a little fuzzy on the details, but I got the answer over at http://www.scienceforums.net":

The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene

https://www.amazon.com/Elegant-Univer...0273610&sr=8-2"&tag=pfamazon01-20

Thanks to all who read my post.
 
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