Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos

In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, bestselling author Michio Kaku takes us on a dizzying ride to explore black holes and time machines, multidimensional space and, most tantalizing of all, the possibility that parallel universes may lay alongside our own.

Kaku skillfully guides us through the latest innovations in string theory and its latest iteration, M-theory, which posits that our universe may be just one in an endless multiverse, a singular bubble floating in a sea of infinite bubble universes. If M-theory is proven correct, we may perhaps finally find answer to the question, ?What happened before the big bang?? This is an exciting and unforgettable introduction into the new cutting-edge theories of physics and cosmology from one of the pre-eminent voices in the field. more

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Posted: Sep-03-2009

A Superb Example of Science Writing for a Lay Audience

As he did previously in his marvelously entertaining book HYPERSPACE, Michio Kaku demonstrates once again in PARALLEL WORLDS that he is a master of the popular science genre. This is in no way meant as a slur or left-handed compliment; to the contrary, it is intended as high praise. Rare is the...

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Posted: Apr-24-2009

Esoteric.

In giving three stars to this book I don't mean to deride Professor Kaku's abilities in any way. This is instead a reflection of what I felt I got out of it as someone more focused on ideas that are applicable to human consciousness and human behavior than theoretical physics. Even if science...

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Posted: Mar-16-2009

AMERICA'S 25 BEST BOOKS ON UFOS AND EXTRATERRESTRIALS. THE LIST.

AMERICA'S 25 BEST BOOKS ON UFOS AND EXTRATERRESTRIALS. THE LIST.Americans love lists. A trend that has started in 1960-1965; I felt it first hand while a student in Boston. Today, there are lists of the best; lists of the worst; lists of everything.I never thought, some could spend quality time...

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Posted: Feb-06-2009

Fascinating Book! Technical, but a good read

I bought this for my husband for Christmas. We've seen Michio Kaku on various "The Universe" shows on the History Channel and although I find it interesting, my husband really likes reading this stuff. he thought it was a very interesting book...it makes you think for sure! If you're a space...

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Posted: Jan-25-2009

I understood it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This has to be the best book on this subject. After suffering thru a brief history of time and a briefer history of time this was what I was looking for the whole time I was about to give up on Cosmology as a Pseudoscience until picking this up.Mr. Kaku seems to understand and relate to people...

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Posted: Dec-19-2008

String Theory is In! Cool

1. The Wilkinson Microwave anisotropy probe (WMAP) satellite was launched in 2001 giving an unprecedented view of the Universe. The WMAP satellite 2. The age of the Universe is 13.7 billion years. 3. The temperature of space is 2.7249 to 2.7251 degrees Kelvin. 4. 73 percent of the Universe is...

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Posted: Nov-20-2008

Endlessly fascinating!

Like its predecessor Hyperspace, PW is a fascinating tour of physics at the theoretical cutting edge. MK is an ever lucid and entertaining guide. Though he doesn't always succeed in making abstruse ideas completely intelligible, he does so for the most part. And where he is less successful --...

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Posted: Nov-04-2008

THANK YOU SIR !!

THANK YOU MICHIO FOR AT LAST A READABLE BOOK ON WHAT THE UNIVERSE IS ALL ABOUT. I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK MORE THAN FIVE STARS OR I WOULD. I READ A LOT AND FINDING READABLE MATERIAL IS NOT EASY. GENE ADDINGTON

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Posted: Oct-28-2008

Creationist bias

The glossary entry for "anthropic principle" begins "The principle that the constants of nature are tuned to allow for life and intelligence." Tuning something is an activity that demands intelligence.Actually I think the most intelligent thing the designer ever did was inventing evolution.

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