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The shape of inner space : string theory and the geometry of the universe's hidden dimensions
String theory says we live in a ten-dimensional universe, but that only four are accessible to our everyday senses. According to theorists, the missing six are curled up in bizarre structures known as Calabi-Yau manifolds. Here, Shing-Tung Yau, the man who mathematically proved that these manifolds...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | The shape of inner space : string theory and the geometry of the universe's hidden dimensions / Shing-Tung Yau and Steve Nadis; illustrations by Xianfeng (David) Gu and Xiaotian (Tim) Yin |
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New York :
Basic Books
, cop. 2010 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (XIX-377 p.) |
| Sujets : |
- P. vii
- "Space/time" (Poem)
- P. xvii
- Prelude: The shapes of things to come
- P. 1
- A universe in the margins
- P. 17
- Geometry in the natural order
- P. 39
- A new kind of hammer
- P. 77
- Too good to be true
- P. 103
- Proving Calabi
- P. 121
- The DNA of string theory
- P. 151
- Through the looking glass
- P. 183
- Kinks in spacetime
- P. 199
- Back to the real world
- P. 227
- Beyond Calabi-Yau
- P. 253
- The universe unravels
- P. 269
- The search for extra dimensions
- P. 289
- Truth, beauty, and mathematics
- P. 307
- The end of geometry ?
- P. 321
- Epilogue: Another day, another donut
- P. 325
- Poltlude: Entering the sanctum
- P. 329
- "A flash in the middle of a long night" (Poem)