The shape of inner space : string theory and the geometry of the universe's hidden dimensions /

String theory says we live in a ten-dimensional universe, but that only four are accessible to our everyday senses. According to theorists, the missing six are curled up in bizarre structures known as Calabi-Yau manifolds. Here, Shing-Tung Yau, the man who mathematically proved that these manifolds...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Yau, Shing-Tung, 1949-
Other Authors:	Nadis, Steven J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, [2010]
Subjects:	Hyperspace. String models. Fourth dimension.