What Shape Is Space?
Subtitle: Primers for the 21st Century
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Australia Pty, Limited
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780500293669
Subjects: Astronomy; Outer space
Description: "What Shape is Space?" is a question with surprisingly far-reaching implications for our understanding of the very nature of reality and our place within it. The concepts involved may be sophisticated, but Giles Sparrow's effortless prose style easily renders them understandable, allowing readers to get to grips with the overarching debates at the cutting edge of cosmology today. Infographics, diagrams and astronomical visualizations illustrate and clarify the various astonishing implications of a universe of infinite space.