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Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension de Michio Kaku

Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension: Oxford Landmark Science

Autor Michio Kaku
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 apr 2016

Publicul țintă format din studenți la facultățile de profil real, cercetători interesați de istoria ideilor în fizică și practicieni ai comunicării științifice vor găsi în această ediție Hyperspace o resursă fundamentală. Publicată în prestigioasa serie Oxford Landmark Science, lucrarea analizează modul în care conceptul de spațiu cu zece dimensiuni a încetat să fie o speculație pentru a deveni pilonul central al fizicii teoretice moderne. Reținem că Michio Kaku propune o soluție elegantă pentru o dilemă veche de jumătate de secol: unificarea gravitației cu electromagnetismul și forțele nucleare prin vizualizarea lor ca vibrații într-un spațiu multidimensional.

Descoperim aici o structură narativă care pornește de unde s-a oprit A Brief History of Time, dar care aduce rigoarea necesară înțelegerii teoriei superstringurilor. Comparabil cu Imagining the Tenth Dimension de Rob Bryanton în efortul de vizualizare a spațiilor complexe, Hyperspace se distinge prin ancorarea strictă în formalismul matematic, fiind actualizat pentru a reflecta progresul sutelor de conferințe internaționale dedicate subiectului. Cele 41 de ilustrații alb-negru și seturile de exerciții de la finalul capitolelor transformă lectura dintr-o simplă parcurgere pasivă într-un instrument de învățare activă.

În contextul operei sale, această carte reprezintă fundamentul teoretic pentru lucrări ulterioare precum The God Equation, unde Michio Kaku continuă căutarea „Teoriei Întregului”. Dacă în The Future of the Mind autorul explorează neuroștiința prin prisma fizicii, în Hyperspace el stabilește regulile jocului cosmic, explicând de ce geometria este, în ultimă instanță, limbajul universului.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780198785033
ISBN-10: 0198785038
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 41 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 138 x 194 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Seria Oxford Landmark Science

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Studenții și pasionații de cosmologie câștigă o înțelegere clară a mecanicii multidimensionale fără a fi copleșiți de jargon inaccesibil. Este o lectură esențială deoarece explică tranziția fizicii de la modelele tridimensionale la teoria superstringurilor, oferind un context istoric și tehnic pe care puține alte lucrări de popularizare îl ating cu atâta precizie și claritate didactică.

Despre autor

Michio Kaku este un fizician teoretician american de renume mondial, profesor la City College of New York și o figură centrală în popularizarea științei contemporane. Co-fondator al teoriei câmpului de corzi, Kaku și-a dedicat cariera finalizării visului lui Einstein de a găsi o teorie unificată a câmpului. Recunoscut pentru capacitatea de a traduce concepte abstracte din fizica cuantică în limbaj accesibil, a primit premiul Sir Arthur Clarke în 2021. Este autorul unor volume de succes internațional care explorează viitorul umanității și limitele tehnologiei din perspectiva legilor fizicii.

Descriere

Already thoroughly familiar to the seasoned science fiction fan, hyperspace is that realm which enables a spaceship captain to take his ship on a physics-defying shortcut (or "wormhole") to the outer shores of the Galaxy in less time than it takes a 747 to fly from New York to Tokyo. But might such notions be more than science fiction? Some physicists suggest a 10-dimensional hyperspace may actually exist, albeit at a scale almost too small to comprehend, smallereven than a quark; and that in spite of its tiny size, it may be the basis on which all the forces of nature will be united. Michio Kaku's classic book describes the development of ideas about multidimensional space. In recent years, some theoretical physicists -the author among them - have argued that the Universe exists not merely in the four spacetime dimensions (3 of space + one of time) with which Einstein made us familiar, but rather as a ten-dimensional hyperspace. Once the domain of the science fiction writer or the occultist, hyperspace may, according to superstring theorists, be the way to unify thefundamental forces of nature - Einstein's unfulfilled dream of a theory of everything. Michio Kaku takes the reader on a ride through hyperspace to the edge of physics. On the way he gives crystal clear explanations of such formidable mathematical concepts as non-Euclidean geometry, Kaluza-Klein Theory, and Supergravity, the everyday tools of the string theorist. Utilizing fascinating and often hilarious anecdotes from history, art, and science fiction, Kaku shows us that writers and artists - in addition to scientists - have been fascinated by multidimensional space for over acentury. Finally, Kaku proposes that the ability to master hyperspace may be our only salvation from destruction at the end of spacetime. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think.

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strikingly clear and well constructed ... provides a ... comprehensive selection of exercises at the end of every chapter
Kaku has given us a far more than a thought-provoking, engaging read: it is a captivating tour of near-current thinking as to 'Theories of Everything'
Kaku's adventurous, tantalizing book should not be penalized for promising more than present technology can test. His intellectual perceptions will thrill lay readers, SF fans and the physics-literate.
What's all the hype about hyperspace? Most of us have our hands full dealing with just one universe. But Kaku takes us confidently into another dimension, or ten, to see why physicists think that universes are parallel, plural, and positively fermented with wormholes!
he has written one of the best popular accounts of higher physics.
Hyperspace is beautifully written, making difficult scientific ideas seem accessible, almost easy. Kaku's journey through the ten dimensions is fascinating.
a venture into time travel and higher dimensional theories
Absorbing, fluently written
Kaku's book covers the most difficult areas of modern physics ... Unusually for a book on these exciting questions, Kaku also gives a real feel for what it is like to work on them.

Notă biografică

Michio Kaku is the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of New York. An internationally acclaimed Physicist, he is the co-founder of string field theory. His recent books include the New York Times Best Sellers, Physics of the Impossible (2008), Physics of the Future (2011), and The Future of the Mind (2014). He makes frequent appearances on radio, television, and film, and writes extensive online blogs andarticles.

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Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Can we change the past? Are there gateways to parallel universes? All of us have pondered such questions, but there was a time when scientists dismissed these notions as outlandish speculations. Not any more. Today, they are the focus of the most intense scientific activity in recent memory. In Hyperspace, Michio Kaku, author of the widely acclaimed Beyond Einstein and a leading theoretical physicist, offers the first book-length tour of the most exciting (and perhaps most bizarre) work in modern physics, work which includes research on the tenth dimension, time warps, black holes, and multiple universes. The theory of hyperspace (or higher dimensional space) - and its newest wrinkle, superstring theory - stand at the center of this revolution, with adherents in every major research laboratory in the world, including several Nobel laureates. Beginning where Hawking's Brief History of Time left off, Kaku paints a vivid portrayal of the breakthroughs now rocking the physics establishment. Why all the excitement? As the author points out, for over half a century, scientists have puzzled over why the basic forces of the cosmos - gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces - require markedly different mathematical descriptions. But if we see these forces as vibrations in a higher dimensional space, their field equations suddenly fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle, perfectly snug, in an elegant, astonishingly simple form. This may thus be our leading candidate for the Theory of Everything. If so, it would be the crowning achievement of 2,000 years of scientific investigation into matter and itsforces. Already, the theory has inspired several thousand research papers, and has been the focus of over 200 international conferences. Many leading scientists believe the theory will unlock the deepest secrets of creation and answer some of the most intriguing questions of all time, such as what happened before the Big Bang, whether the past can be altered, and if gateways to other universes exist. Michio Kaku is one of the leading pioneers in superstring theory and has been at the forefront of this revolution in modern physics. With Hyperspace, he has produced a book for general readers which conveys the vitality of the field and the excitement as scientists grapple with the meaning of space and time. It is an exhilarating look at physics today and an eye-opening glimpse into the ultimate nature of the universe.