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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yau, Shing-Tung, 1949-
Other Authors: Nadis, Steven J.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Basic Books, c2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • "Space/time" (poem)
  • The shape of things to come
  • A universe in the margins
  • Geometry in the natural order
  • A new kind of hammer
  • Too good to be true
  • Proving Calabi
  • The DNA of string theory
  • Through the looking glass
  • Kinks in spacetime
  • Back to the real world
  • Beyond Calabi-Yau
  • The universe unravels
  • The search for extra dimensions
  • Truth, beauty, and mathematics
  • The end of geometry?
  • Another day, another donut
  • Entering the sanctum
  • "A flash in the middle of a long night" (poem).