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Surfing Through Hyperspace: Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy Lessons Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Pickover, Clifford A. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0195142411     ISBN-13: 9780195142419
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $37.04  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: May 2001
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Annotation: Unlock the doors of imagination with this fantastic exploration of hyperspace and the mathematics of the higher dimensions. Includes puzzles, computer experiments, and formulas, inviting readers to extend their minds across this inexhaustibly intriguing scientific terrain. 14 halftones. 42 line illustrations.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Astronomy
- Science | Cosmology
- Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects
Dewey: 523.1
Series: Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy Lessons
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.87 lbs) 272 pages
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
Do a little armchair time-travel, rub elbows with a four-dimensional intelligent life form, or stretch your mind to the furthest corner of an uncharted universe. With this astonishing guidebook, Surfing Through Hyperspace, you need not be a mathematician or an astrophysicist to explore the
all-but-unfathomable concepts of hyperspace and higher-dimensional geometry.
No subject in mathematics has intrigued both children and adults as much as the idea of a fourth dimension. Philosophers and parapsychologists have meditated on this mysterious space that no one can point to but may be all around us. Yet this extra dimension has a very real, practical value to
mathematicians and physicists who use it every day in their calculations. In the tradition of Flatland, and with an infectious enthusiasm, Clifford Pickover tackles the problems inherent in our 3-D brains trying to visualize a 4-D world, muses on the religious implications of the existence of
higher-dimensional consciousness, and urges all curious readers to venture into the unexplored territory lying beyond the prison of the obvious. Pickover alternates sections that explain the science of hyperspace with sections that dramatize mind-expanding concepts through a fictional dialogue
between two futuristic FBI agents who dabble in the fourth dimension as a matter of national security. This highly accessible and entertaining approach turns an intimidating subject into a scientific game open to all dreamers.

Surfing Through Hyperspace concludes with a number of puzzles, computer experiments and formulas for further exploration, inviting readers to extend their minds across this inexhaustibly intriguing scientific terrain.
 
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