Gravity, Strings and Particles

Maurizio Gasperini is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Physics Department of the University of Bari, Italy. He is the author of more than 200 publications on gravitational theory, high-energy physics, and cosmology, and has twice won an "Award for Essays on Gravitation" from the Gravity Research Foundation (1996 and 1998). His former posts include a permanent position in the Department of Theoretical Physics at the University of Turin, and three appointments as Scientific Associate at CERN, Theory Division (1993, 1996 and 2005). He has already published 6 books with Springer.

• From the Contents: Prologue: inside the energy walls of our \cradle".- Gravity at small distances.- Gravity at large distances.- Space, time and space-time.- Strings and fundamental interactions.- The past of our Universe.

"Gasperini has written the book version of an excellent colloquium talk outlining important questions in modern theoretical physics. ... This book may be particularly useful to mathematicians working in subfields adjacent to theoretical physics, such as mirror symmetry. ... if you're preparing your own colloquium talk about the implications of string theory, Gasperini may provide some inspiration!" (Ursula Whitcher, MAA Reviews, maa.org, November, 2015) "True to its subtitle, this book really is 'a journey into the unknown.' ... The book is also filled with marvelous insights related to the physics of small distances and high energies. It is suitable for casual readers ... as well as physics students and scientists. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Academic and general readers." (S. Tripathi, Choice, Vol. 52 (5), January, 2015) "The book is addressed to readers who are interested what is going on in modern research on this field without being specialists. ... This book gives an excellent overview on the present state of art and goals of research on the title problem. It can be best recommended to anyone being interested." (K.-E. Hellwig, zbMATH 1315.81003, 2015)