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Shingtung yau was the fifth of the eight children of his parents chen ying chiou and yeuklam leung chiou. He has published more than 250 articles and written and edited more than 20 books. In the fascinating book, the shape of inner space shingtung yau, along with coauthor steve nadis, describes the exciting development of the theory of what. See all books authored by shingtung yau, including the shape of inner space.

He is the winner of the fields medal, the national medal of science, the crafoord prize, the veblen prize, the wolf prize, and a macarthur fellowship. Mathematician shingtung yau is known for developing a mathematical foundation for string theory. His father was an economist and philosopher working in southern china when yau was born. Shingtung yau born april 4, 1949, american educator. Shingtung yau yau, shingtung used books, rare books and new books find all books by shing tung yau and compare prices find signed collectible books by shing tung yau differential geometry proceedings of symposia in pure mathematics. The reader can thereby see the world of mathematics through his particular perspective, and gain understanding of the motivation and evolution of mathematical ideas. The founders of index theory 2nd edition, edited by shing tung yau, international press, somerville, ma, 2009. Shingtung yaus most popular book is this explains everything. Maths genius on his journey from hong kong to berkeley. Harvard geometer and fields medalist shingtung yau has provided a mathematical foundation for string theory, offered new insights into. Shingtung yau and steve nadis events harvard book store. Time and again, where yau has gone, physics has followed. He has written and edited more than 20 books and is the editorinchief of three mathematics journals. Weve looked at the story in more detail in the plus article hidden dimensions, but heres a synopsis.

Harvard book store welcomes contributing editor to discover magazine steve nadis and william caspar graustein professor of mathematics at harvard university shing tung yau for a discussion of their latest book, from the great wall to the great collider. Books by shingtung yau international press of boston. Harvard geometer and fields medalist shing tung yau has provided a mathematical foundation for string theory, offered new insights into black holes, and mathematically demonstrated the stability of our universe. This extraordinary book by shingtung yau and steve nadis gives the layman a remarkable glimpse into the mysterious inner world of one of the most beautiful and important parts of mathematics. However, by late 1949 the communists were in control of almost all of china and yau s family fled to hong kong where his father obtained a position teaching at a college. String theory and the geometry of the universes hidden dimensions by nadis, steve, yau, shing tung and a great selection of related books, art. International press of boston publishers of scholarly mathematical and scientific journals and books. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Michalik distinguished lecture in the mathematical sciences professor shing tung yau harvard university geometry. A history in sum steve nadis, shingtung yau harvard. Shing tung yau was born on april 4, 1949, in shantou, guangdong, china, the fifth of the eight children of chen ying chiou and yeuklam leung chiou. Shingtung yau audio books, best sellers, author bio. In this autobiography, yau reflects on his improbable journey to becoming one of the worlds most distinguished mathematicians.

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Questions and answers with shingtung yau physics today. Yau has written and edited more than twenty books and also edits numerous mathematics journals. Simple beauties of math yes, math graustein professor of mathematics shing tung yau far right teamed up with steve nadis in blue, a research assistant in mathematics, to tell the story of the discovery of calabi yau manifolds in the shape of inner space. According to theorists, the missing six are curled up in bizarre structures known as calabiyau manifolds. Yau left for the university of california, berkeley in the fall of 1969, where he received his ph. The shape of inner space by shing tung yau and steve nadis. D spent a year as a member of the institute for advanced study at princeton before joining stony brook university in 1972 as. The shape of inner space is a portrait of a beautiful branch of geometric analysis as seen through the eyes of one of its pioneers, fields medal winner shing tung yau after describing the sequence of events that led him to the united states and to his enamoration with geometry, yau explains as only a master could the conjecture by calabi. With complicated ideas explained for a broad audience, this book offers. Microchip manufactures, similarly, cannot make their transistors too thin, or the performance of these devices will suffer from electon leakage due to tunneling effects.