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.
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.
Contents
Part I Entering the Fifth Dimension
Worlds Beyond Space and Time
Mathematicians and Mystics
The Man Who "Saw" the Fourth Dimension
The Secret of Light: Vibrations in the Fifth Dimension
Part II Unification in Ten Dimensions
Quantum Heresy
Einstein's Revenge
Superstrings
Signals from the Tenth Dimension
Before Creation
Part III Wormholes: Gateways to Another Universe?
Black Holes and Parallel Universes
To Build a Time Machine
Colliding Universes
Part IV Masters of Hyperspace
Beyond the Future.
The Fate of Universe
Conclusion further
In popular culture
English alternative rock band Muse used the book as an inspiration for their album Origin of Symmetry.
References
Kaku, Michio (1994). Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-286189-1.
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