| Description |
276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Reminiscence: a dimensional love affair -- The privilege to live in space? -- From frogs' legs to fields -- The road to relativity -- The fourth dimension -- Disturbing the universe -- The measure of all things -- From Flatland to Picasso -- The first hidden universe: and extra deimension to physics -- There and back again -- Curiouser and curiouser ... -- Out of chaos ... -- Aliens from other dimensions -- An entangled knot -- Super times for the superworld -- M is for Mother -- D is for Braneworld -- A theory of nothing? -- Epilogue: truth and beauty. |
| Summary |
Draws on the works of scientists, mathematicians, artists, and writers to consider the concept of alternate universes, exploring popular theories about such topics as black holes, life in other dimensions, and string theory. |
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Space and time.
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Fourth dimension.
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