:higher dimensions, parallel universes, and the extraordinary search for a theory of everything
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/ Paul Halpern
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Hoboken, N.J.
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: J. Wiley,
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, c2004.
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x, 326 p. , ill. , 25 cm.
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Print
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-318) and index.
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Introduction: the Kaluza-Klein miracle -- The power of geometry -- Visions of hyperspace -- The physicist's stone: uniting electricity, magnetism and light -- Getting gravity in shape -- Striking the fifth chord: Kaluza's remarkable discovery -- Klein's quantum odyssey -- Einstein's dilemma -- Truth under exile: theorizing at Princeton -- Brave new world: seeking unity in an age of conflict -- Gauging the weak and the strong -- Hyperspace packages tied up in strings -- Brane worlds and parallel universes -- Conclusion: Extra-dimensional perception.