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Autore |
Kaku Michio |
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Titolo |
Hyperspace [[electronic resource] ] : a scientific odyssey through parallel universes, time warps, and the tenth dimension / / Michio Kaku ; illustrations by Robert O'Keefe |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-12143-3 |
9786613121431 |
0-19-987442-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (376 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Kaluza-Klein theories |
Superstring theories |
Hyperspace |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Entering the fifth dimension -- pt. 2. Unification in ten dimensions -- pt. 3. Wormholes : gateways to another universe? -- pt. 4. Masters of hyperspace. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Can we change the past? Are there gateways to parallel universes? All of us have pondered such questions, but there was a time when scientists dismissed these notions as outlandish speculations. Not any more. Today, they are the focus of the most intense scientific activity in recent memory. In Hyperspace, Michio Kaku, author of the widely acclaimed Beyond Einstein and a leading theoretical physicist, offers the first book-length tour of the most exciting (and perhaps most bizarre) work in modern physics, work which includes r |
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