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The great beyond : higher dimensions, parallel universes and the extraordinary search for a theory of everything
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The great beyond : higher dimensions, parallel universes and the extraordinary search for a theory of everything

Author: Paul Halpern
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, ©2004.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Paul Halpern
ISBN: 0471741493 9780471741497 047146595X 9780471465959
OCLC Number: 54611230
Description: x, 326 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction: the Kaluza-Klein miracle -- The power of geometry -- Visions of hyperspace -- The physicist's stone: uniting electricity, magnetism and light -- Getting gravity in shape -- Striking the fifth chord: Kaluza's remarkable discovery -- Klein's quantum odyssey -- Einstein's dilemma -- Truth under exile: theorizing at Princeton -- Brave new world: seeking unity in an age of conflict -- Gauging the weak and the strong -- Hyperspace packages tied up in strings -- Brane worlds and parallel universes -- Conclusion: Extra-dimensional perception.
Responsibility: Paul Halpern.
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