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BEYOND

Higher Dimensions, Parallel Universes,

and the Extraordinary Search for a

Theory of Everything

PAUL HALPERN

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

T HE G REAT

BEYOND

Higher Dimensions, Parallel Universes,

and the Extraordinary Search for a

Theory of Everything

PAUL HALPERN

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

T HE G REAT

This book is printed on acid-free paper.∞

Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey

Published simultaneously in Canada

Cartoon p. 8, courtesy of the Library of Congress. Figures pp. 19, 22, 24, 37, 48, 52, 75, 127,

253, 265, 273 concept by Paul Halpern. Rendered by Jerry Antner, RichArt Graphics; p. 56,

concept by Paul Halpern, based on an illustration by Edwin Abbott, rendered by Jerry Antner,

RichArt Graphics. Photos pp. 27, 93, 134, 168, 187, 194, 242 © Paul Halpern; pp. 29, 42, 143

courtesy of the Archives, California Institute of Technology; p. 154, by John Hagemeyer, cour-

tesy of the Archives, California Institute of Technology; p. 106, courtesy of the University of

Göttingen; pp. 117, 122, 197, courtesy of the Niels Bohr Archive; p. 163, courtesy of Syracuse

University; p. 233, courtesy of Claud Lovelace and Rutgers University; pp. 237, 254 courtesy of

the American Institute of Physics, Emilio Ségre Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Halpern, Paul, date.

The great beyond : higher dimensions, parallel universes, and the extraordinary search for

a theory of everything / by Paul Halpern.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical regerences.

ISBN 0-471-46595-X (cloth : alk. paper)

1. Physics—Philosophy. 2. Relativity (Physics) 3. Particles (Nuclear physics)

4. Cosmology. I. Title.

QC6.H273 2004

530'.01—dc22

2004004687

Printed in the United States of America

10987654321

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