The Elegant Universe

1999 essay by Brian Greene
Place written_work Q785107
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

The Elegant Universe

Summary

The Elegant Universe is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (304 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Elegant Universe authored Brian Greene[3].
  • The Elegant Universe's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Elegant Universe was published by W. W. Norton & Company[5].
  • The Elegant Universe's genre is popular science[6].
  • The Elegant Universe's genre is essay[7].
  • The Elegant Universe was followed by The Fabric of the Cosmos[8].
  • The Elegant Universe's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The Elegant Universe's country of origin is recorded as Australia[10].
  • The Elegant Universe was released on 1999[11].
  • The Elegant Universe's has edition or translation is recorded as The Elegant Universe[12].
  • The Elegant Universe's main subject is superstring theory[13].
  • The Elegant Universe's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Elegant Universe'}[14].
  • The Elegant Universe's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory'}[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: aee77140-2856-4c4e-ae00-0fbc3b0c1131[17]

Body

Designation and Status

The Elegant Universe's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

The Elegant Universe ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (304 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Elegant Universe. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-elegant-universe
MLA “The Elegant Universe.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-elegant-universe.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-elegant-universe_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Elegant Universe}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-elegant-universe}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): The Elegant Universe — https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-elegant-universe (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-elegant-universe · Last refreshed: