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BL
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582945
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b412164
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| Main Entry
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Kaku, Michio
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| Title & Author
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Hyperspace : : a scientific odyssey through parallel universes, time warps, and the tenth dimension /\ Michio Kaku ; illustrations by Robert O'Keefe
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Anchor Books,, c1995
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xvi, 359 p. :: ill. ;; 20 cm
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| ISBN
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9780385477055 (pbk.)
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: 0385477058 (pbk.)
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| Notes
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Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-354) and index
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| Contents
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Entering the fifth dimension : Worlds beyond space and time -- Mathematicians and mystics -- Man who "saw" the fourth dimension -- Secret of light: Vibrations in the fifth dimension -- Unification in ten dimensions : Quantum heresy -- Einstein's revenge -- Superstrings -- Signals from the tenth dimension -- Before creation -- Wormholes: Gateways to another universe? : Black holes and parallel universes -- To build a time machine -- Colliding universes -- Masters of Hyperspace : Beyond the future -- Fate of the universe -- Conclusion
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| Abstract
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An exploration of the theory of hyperspace by a professor of theoretical physics discusses the superstring theory and the concept of a jigsaw-puzzle universe
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Kaluza-Klein theories
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Superstring theories
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Hyperspace
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Physics
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Astrophysics
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Mathematical physics
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| Dewey Classification
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530.1/42
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| LC Classification
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QC21.2.K3 1995
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