Hyperspace A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Oxford University Press
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
28.04.2016
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w. 41 figs.
Verlag
Oxford University PressSeitenzahl
384
Maße (L/B/H)
19.5/12.8/2.7 cm
Gewicht
280 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-19-878503-3
Michio Kaku's classic book describes the development of ideas about multidimensional space. In recent years, some theoretical physicists -the author among them - have argued that the Universe exists not merely in the four spacetime dimensions (3 of space + one of time) with which Einstein made us familiar, but rather as a ten-dimensional hyperspace. Once the domain of the science fiction writer or the occultist, hyperspace may, according to superstring theorists, be the way to unify the fundamental forces of nature - Einstein's unfulfilled dream of a theory of everything.
Michio Kaku takes the reader on a ride through hyperspace to the edge of physics. On the way he gives crystal clear explanations of such formidable mathematical concepts as non-Euclidean geometry, Kaluza-Klein Theory, and Supergravity, the everyday tools of the string theorist. Utilizing fascinating and often hilarious anecdotes from history, art, and science fiction, Kaku shows us that writers and artists - in addition to scientists - have been fascinated by multidimensional space for over a century. Finally, Kaku proposes that the ability to master hyperspace may be our only salvation from destruction at the end of spacetime.
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