Shing-Tung Yau is a distinguished mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in differential and complex geometry. His research has yielded fundamental advances across numerous fields in both mathematics and physics, including string theory and general relativity. Yau is celebrated for his ability to tackle profound problems and connect seemingly disparate mathematical concepts. His contributions to mathematics are significant and continue to inspire new generations of scholars.
One of the preeminent mathematicians of the past half century shows how physics and math were combined to give us the theory of gravity and the dizzying array of ideas and insights that has come from it
String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
According to string theory, we live in a ten-dimensional universe; but only four are accessible to our everyday senses. The remaining six are curled up in bizarre structures known as Calabi-Yau manifolds. In The Shape of Inner Space , Shing-Tung Yau, the man who mathematically proved that these manifolds exist, shows that not only is geometry fundamental to string theory, it is also fundamental to the very nature of our universe.