Space, Shing-Tung Yau, the man who mathematically proved that these manifolds exist, argues that not only is geometry...... more

Shing-Tung Yau consider how math can drive and sometimes even anticipate discoveries in physics. Examining phenomena like black...... more

manifold--that may store the hidden dimensions of our universe. Harvard geometer and Fields medalist Shing-Tung Yau has provided a...... more

In the twentieth century, American mathematicians began to make critical advances in a field previou... more

papers in this volume were contributed by the speakers in the sequence of seminars organized by Shing-Tung Yau for this...... more

廣義相對論研究的是巨大尺度的物體──例如星體、甚至整個宇宙；量子力學則研究甚至整個極小尺度的奇妙現象──例如原子世界。弦論 (String Theory) 則企圖成為兩者間的橋樑。 從微細的「弦」... more