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The Great Beyond: Higher Dimensions, Parallel Universes and the Extraordinary Search for a Theory of Everything

By Paul Halpern

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
047146595X, 9780471465959, 9780471656586
Open Library ID
OL24288783M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1940328 bytes)
Pages
336\339
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The concept of multiple unperceived dimensions in the universe is one of the hottest topics in contemporary physics. It is essential to current attempts to explain gravity and the underlying structure of the universe. The Great Beyond begins with Einstein’s famous quarrel with Heisenberg and Bohr, whose theories of uncertainty threatened the order Einstein believed was essential to the universe, and it was his rejection of uncertainty that drove him to ponder the existence of a fifth dimension. Beginning with this famous disagreement and culminating with an explanation of the newest "brane" approach, author Paul Halpern shows how current debates about the nature of reality began as age-old controversies, and addresses how the possibility of higher dimensions has influenced culture over the past one hundred years.

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