Already thoroughly familiar to the seasoned science fiction fan,
hyperspace is that realm which enables a spaceship captain to take
his ship on a physics-defying shortcut (or "wormhole") to the outer
shores of the Galaxy in less time than it takes a 747 to fly from
New York to Tokyo. But might such notions be more than science
fiction? Some physicists suggest a 10-dimensional hyperspace may
actually exist, albeit at a scale almost too small to comprehend,
smaller even than a quark; and that in spite of its tiny size, it
may be the basis on which all the forces of nature will be united.
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. Oxford Landmark
Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing
which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think.
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