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Walking among the stars

Walking among the stars

Briano Jasso, Jose Isaias

Paperback

General EducationGeneral Science

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ISBN13: 9798191945187
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Is the speed of light the absolute limit of reality, or merely the limit of the paths we know? Our everyday experience seems to unfold in three spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension. However, some of the most ambitious proposals in modern physics envision additional dimensions that could remain hidden from our senses and instruments. Walking on Stars invites the reader on an accessible journey through spacetime, relativity, the speed of light, gravity, black holes, the Kaluza-Klein model, and string theory. Throughout the book, the mathematical possibility of additional dimensions arises, why they might be imperceptible, and what traces they would have to leave for us to consider them part of physical reality. The journey leads to a central question: if light and ordinary matter are limited by the geometry of our spacetime, could there be a phenomenon capable of accessing a different dimensional path and connecting two regions via a shorter route? The author develops this possibility as a hypothesis, carefully distinguishing between proven knowledge, theoretical models, and ideas that still lack experimental evidence. The purpose is not to present a definitive answer, but to explore the limits of our knowledge and where the unknown begins. This book is aimed at curious readers who wish to approach the big questions of physics without requiring specialized training. Because perhaps outrunning light doesn't mean moving faster, but rather finding a path that light cannot travel.

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