{"product_id":"surfing-through-hyperspace-clifford-a-pickover-9780195142419","title":"Surfing Through Hyperspace: Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy Lessons","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, \u003cem\u003eSurfing Through Hyperspace\u003c\/em\u003e, you need not be a mathematician or an astrophysicist to explore the all-but-unfathomable concepts of hyperspace and higher-dimensional geometry.\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eFlatland\u003c\/em\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eSurfing Through Hyperspace\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clifford A. Pickover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195142411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195142419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Clifford A. Pickover","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45180117451007,"sku":"9780195142419","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5603862c-aea2-4ae2-a190-f8200713468e.jpg?v=1712897525","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/surfing-through-hyperspace-clifford-a-pickover-9780195142419","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}