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4.3/5 Barnes & Noble Language English Media type Print (Hardcover) LC Class QC793.3.F5 K35 1994 | 4.1/5 Goodreads Country United States Publication date 1994 ISBN 0-19-286189-1 Originally published 1994 Followed by Beyond Einstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension (1994, ISBN 0-19-286189-1) is a book by Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist from the City College of New York. It focuses on Kaku's studies of higher dimensions referred to as hyperspace. The recurring theme of the book is that all four forces of the universe (the strong force, the weak force, electromagnetism and gravity) become more coherent and their description simpler in higher dimensions.
Contents
Summary
Michio Kaku tries to explain higher dimensions, first analyzing the history of higher dimensions of space and the struggle to unite quantum mechanics and general relativity in one theory. He then goes on to detail theories concerning the 2-D world, named "Flatland". The end of the book discusses such topics as wormholes, parallel universes and the fate of the universe.
Part I Entering the Fifth Dimension
Part II Unification in Ten Dimensions
Part III Wormholes: Gateways to Another Universe?
Part IV Masters of Hyperspace
In popular culture
English alternative rock band Muse used the book as an inspiration for their album Origin of Symmetry.