by Exuberant Teleportation » Mon Feb 04, 2019 10:22 pm
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension (1994, ISBN 0-19-286189-1) is a book by Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist from the City College of New York. It focuses on Kaku's studies of higher dimensions referred to as hyperspace. The recurring theme of the book is that all four forces of the universe (the strong force, the weak force, electromagnetism and gravity) become more coherent and their description simpler in higher dimensions.
Contents
1 Summary
2 Contents
2.1 Part I Entering the Fifth Dimension
2.2 Part II Unification in Ten Dimensions
2.3 Part III Wormholes: Gateways to Another Universe?
2.4 Part IV Masters of Hyperspace
3 In popular culture
4 References
Summary
Michio Kaku tries to explain higher dimensions, first analyzing the history of higher dimensions of space and the struggle to unite quantum mechanics and general relativity in one theory. He then goes on to detail theories concerning the 2-D world, named "Flatland". The end of the book discusses such topics as wormholes, parallel universes and the fate of the universe.
Contents
Part I Entering the Fifth Dimension
Worlds Beyond Space and Time
Mathematicians and Mystics
The Man Who "Saw" the Fourth Dimension
The Secret of Light: Vibrations in the Fifth Dimension
Part II Unification in Ten Dimensions
Quantum Heresy
Einstein's Revenge
Superstrings
Signals from the Tenth Dimension
Before Creation
Part III Wormholes: Gateways to Another Universe?
Black Holes and Parallel Universes
To Build a Time Machine
Colliding Universes
Part IV Masters of Hyperspace
Beyond the Future.
The Fate of Universe
Conclusion further
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viewtopic.php?f=1&t=194124The value of a novel is not that it is real or will ever happen but rather it represents reality in an architectural model of how it could be or should be. Similarly, when theoretical physicists dream of a utopian golden age of scientific discovery where humans have evolved to the point of mastering hyperspace and bending the universe to their will, the value of it is not that logical calculations indicate humans are too insignificant for this to be our destiny, but rather the value is in the theory itself of creating a vastly unprecedented and advanced society, the architectural model of how humanity could evolve and what humanity should achieve. Achieving this in the imagination, the world of the mind would be the focus that could manifest itself into a better reality. The value is in the journey of humans becoming the lords of creation rather than the destination.