The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician's Search for the Universe's Hidden Geometry

by Steve Nadis and Shing-Tung Yau

Book Overview

A Fields medalist recounts his lifelong transnational effort to uncover the geometric shape--the Calabi-Yau manifold--that may store the hidden dimensions of our universe.

"An unexpectedly intimate look into a highly accomplished man, his colleagues and friends, the development of a new field of geometric analysis, and a glimpse into a truly uncommon mind."--Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Globe

"Engaging,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300235909
• ISBN13: 9780300235906
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"