The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions - Rilegato

Yau, Shing-Tung; Nadis, Steve

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0465020232 ISBN 13: 9780465020232

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2010

Riassunto

Argues that geometry is fundamental to string theory--which posits that we live in a 10-dimensional existence--as well as the very nature of the universe, and explains where mathematics will take string theory next.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Shing-Tung Yau has won many awards, including the Fields Medal. He is a professor of mathematics at Harvard University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Steve Nadis is a Contributing Editor to Astronomy Magazine. He has published articles in Nature, Science, Scientific American, New Scientist, Sky&Telescope, The Atlantic Monthly, and other journals. He has written or contributed to more than two dozen books. A former staff researcher for the Union of Concerned Scientists, Nadis has also been a research fellow at MIT and a consultant to the World Resources Institute, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and WGBH/NOVA. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0465020232
• ISBN 13: 9780465020232
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Disegnatore: Gu Xianfeng David, Yin Xiaotian Tim
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 377
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile