{"product_id":"the-shape-of-inner-space-string-theory-and-the-geometry-of-the-universes-hidden-dimensions-9780465028375","title":"The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions","description":"String theory says we live in a ten-dimensional universe, but that only four are accessible to our everyday senses. According to theorists, the missing six are curled up in bizarre structures known as Calabi-Yau manifolds. In \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Inner Space\u003c\/i\u003e, Shing-Tung Yau, the man who mathematically proved that these manifolds exist, argues that not only is geometry fundamental to string theory, it is also fundamental to the very nature of our universe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Time and again, where Yau has gone, physics has followed. Now for the first time, readers will follow Yau's penetrating thinking on where we've been, and where mathematics will take us next. A fascinating exploration of a world we are only just beginning to grasp, \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Inner Space\u003c\/i\u003e will change the way we consider the universe on both its grandest and smallest scales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShing-Tung Yau\u003c\/b\u003e has won many awards, including the Fields Medal. He is a professor of mathematics at Harvard University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Nadis\u003c\/b\u003e is a Contributing Editor to \u003ci\u003eAstronomy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published articles in \u003ci\u003eNature, Science, Scientific American, New Scientist, Sky\u0026amp;Telescope\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals. He has written or contributed to more than two dozen books. A former staff researcher for the Union of Concerned Scientists, Nadis has also been a research fellow at MIT and a consultant to the World Resources Institute, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and WGBH\/NOVA. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523639808274,"sku":"9780465028375","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a3d498ce-675f-483d-930f-f2d9fa223546.jpg?v=1731159428","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-shape-of-inner-space-string-theory-and-the-geometry-of-the-universes-hidden-dimensions-9780465028375","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}