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  Hyperspace

  A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension

  by Michio Kaku, Robert O'Keefe

  A vivid portrait of the theory of hyperspace by a professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York discusses the superstring theory and the concept of a jigsaw-puzzle universe. Reprint. Tour. NYT.
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  The Elegant Universe

  Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

  by Brian Greene

  In a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it explains, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal a universe that consists of eleven dimensions where all matter is generated by the vibrations of microscopically tiny loops of energy. Greene uses everything from an amusement park ride to ants on a... (more)
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  Time Travel (Science Fiction Writing Series)

  by Paul J. Nahin

  When Kurt Vonnegut needed protagonist Billy Pilgrim to time-travel in Slaughterhouse Five, he simply had him become "unstuck" in time--still perhaps the most poetic way to trip the chronological fantastic yet devised in literature. But electric engineering professor and science fiction writer Paul Nahin doesn't want you taking short cuts in your epoch-journeying yarns--at least, not because you were... (more)