Friday, January 15, 2016

resource recommendations - What is a good non-technical introduction to theories of everything?



I'm not a physicist but I'm interested in unified theories, and I do not know how to start learning about it. What would be a good book to read to start learning about this topic?



Answer



As a theory of everything includes a theory of all particular things, it would be good if you start by learning about the theories that need to be unified. This means first



  • some quantum mechanics,

  • something about classical electromagnetism,

  • something about special anf general relativity, then

  • some quantum field theory,


  • something about quantum electrodynamics,

  • something about the standard model.


So you should look at the recommendations for introductions to these subjects available at our Book recommendations.

Unless you are content with such books as ''The elegant universe'' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elegant_Universe where you learn the buzzwords without a deeper understanding.


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