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Zusatztext strikingly clear and well constructed ... provides a ... comprehensive selection of exercises at the end of every chapter Informationen zum Autor Michio Kaku is the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York. An internationally acclaimed Physicist, he is the co-founder of string field theory. His recent books include the New York Times Best Sellers, Physics of the Impossible (2008), Physics of the Future (2011), and The Future of the Mind (2014). He makes frequent appearances on radio, television, and film, and writes extensive online blogs and articles. Klappentext Hyperspace is the run-away bestseller from one of the world's leading theoretical physicists. Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Michio Kaku takes us on a tour of the most exciting work in modern physics, including research into 10-dimensional space, time warps, and multiple universes. Zusammenfassung Hyperspace is the run-away bestseller from one of the world's leading theoretical physicists. Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Michio Kaku takes us on a tour of the most exciting work in modern physics, including research into 10-dimensional space, time warps, and multiple universes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part I: Entering the Fifth Dimension 1: Worlds beyond space and time 2: Mathematicians and mystics 3: The man who "saw" the fourth dimension 4: The secret of light: vibrations in the fifth dimension Part II: Unification in ten dimension 5: Quantum heresy 6: Einstein's revenge 7: Superstrings 8: Signals from the tenth dimension 9: Before creation Part III: Wormholes: Gateways to another universe? 10: Black holes and parallel universes 11: To build a time machine 12: Colliding universes Part IV: Masters of hyperspace 13: Beyond the future 14: The Fate of the universe 15: Conclusion Notes References and Suggested Reading Index ...
