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Among the foundational questions in physics and cosmology today is the deep mystery of why we live in a space–time of 3 space dimensions and 1 time dimension? Nowadays physicists ask seriously whether there are more space or time dimensions, and go further to suggest ways in which extra dimensions could play a role in determining the properties of the universe we observe today.
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Bars, I., Terning, J. (2010). A First Look at the Known Universe. In: Nekoogar, F. (eds) Extra Dimensions in Space and Time. Multiversal Journeys. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77638-5_1
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