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Author:   Clifford A. Pickover (, Research Staff Member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Centre)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.395kg
ISBN:  

9780195142419

ISBN 10:   0195142411
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   07 June 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1: Degrees of Freedom 2: The Divinity of Higher Dimensions 3: Satan and Perpendicular Worlds 4: Hyperspheres and Tesseracts 5: Mirror Worlds 6: The Gods of Hyperspace Concluding Remarks Appendix A: Mind-Bending Four Dimensional Puzzles Appendix B: Higher Dimensions in Science Fiction Appendix C: Banchoff Klein Bottle Appendix D: Quaternions Appendix E: Four-Dimensional Mazes Appendix F: Smorgasbord for Computer Junkies Appendix G: Evolution of Four-Dimensional Beings Appendix H: Challenging Questions for Further Thought Appendix I: Hyperspace Titles Notes Further Readings About the Author Addendum Index

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<br> Pickover alternates expositions of math, physics and geometry with episodes of instructional science fiction while showing interested amateurs the mathematical and physical properties of higher spatial dimensions. --Publishers Weekly<br> Is there, asks Clifford Pickover, more to our Universe than forwards, sidewards, and up? Before I knew it, I was well and truly infected. After explaining how his book would cover all the usual stuff about higher dimensions--their unimaginability, their weird properties, and how physicists think they may hold the key to understanding the Universe--Pickover sprung his trap: 'I want to know if humankind's gods could exist in the fourth dimension'....I read the book in two sittings. I'm still under its influence, which is all the more perplexing considering how abstract and unworldly higher dimensions are. --Robert Mathews, New Scientist<br> Mark my words: within a few months, you too will come across others in the grip of infection by this amazing b

Pickover alternates expositions of math, physics and geometry with episodes of instructional science fiction while showing interested amateurs the mathematical and physical properties of higher spatial dimensions. --Publishers Weekly Is there, asks Clifford Pickover, more to our Universe than forwards, sidewards, and up? Before I knew it, I was well and truly infected. After explaining how his book would cover all the usual stuff about higher dimensions--their unimaginability, their weird properties, and how physicists think they may hold the key to understanding the Universe--Pickover sprung his trap: 'I want to know if humankind's gods could exist in the fourth dimension'....I read the book in two sittings. I'm still under its influence, which is all the more perplexing considering how abstract and unworldly higher dimensions are. --Robert Mathews, New Scientist Mark my words: within a few months, you too will come across others in the grip of infection by this amazing book. --New Scientist Extraordinary book. --Daily Telegraph (UK) In recent years, Pickover has taken up the helm once worn by Isaac Asimov as the most compelling popular explainer of cutting-edge scientific ideas. -- In Pittsburgh

Characterizing hyperspace as the area where mathematics, physics and science fiction intercept, Pickover takes us on a fascinating journey into the mind-stretching realms of higher dimensions, where a whole new concept of intelligence and perception are required. Utilizing a quite amazing breadth of knowledge, Pickover links space-time wormholes, random walks and all of SF literature in his speculations on the higher dimensions. But the book remains accessible, never bogged down with mathematical equations, it's always buoyant with a remarkable panoply of ideas. For anyone attempting to grasp spatial dimensions beyond the known three, this remarkable document (weaving a science-fiction tale throughout its hardcore data) is unmissable. (Kirkus UK)

Pickover alternates expositions of math, physics and geometry with episodes of instructional science fiction while showing interested amateurs the mathematical and physical properties of higher spatial dimensions. --Publishers Weekly<br> Is there, asks Clifford Pickover, more to our Universe than forwards, sidewards, and up? Before I knew it, I was well and truly infected. After explaining how his book would cover all the usual stuff about higher dimensions--their unimaginability, their weird properties, and how physicists think they may hold the key to understanding the Universe--Pickover sprung his trap: 'I want to know if humankind's gods could exist in the fourth dimension'....I read the book in two sittings. I'm still under its influence, which is all the more perplexing considering how abstract and unworldly higher dimensions are. --Robert Mathews, New Scientist<br> Mark my words: within a few months, you too will come across others in the grip of infection by this amazing book. --New Scientist<br> Extraordinary book. --Daily Telegraph (UK)<br> In recent years, Pickover has taken up the helm once worn by Isaac Asimov as the most compelling popular explainer of cutting-edge scientific ideas. -- In Pittsburgh <br>

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Clifford A. Pickover is a Research Staff Member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and is the author of many books, including Strange Brains and Genius and Time: A Traveler's Guide, (OUP). He lives in Yorktown Heights, New York.

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