Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension by Michio Kaku, Robert O'Keefe (Illustrator)
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- Pub. Date: February 1995
- 384pp
- Sales Rank: 9,580
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: February 1995
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Format: Paperback, 384pp
- Sales Rank: 9,580
- ISBN-13: 9780385477055
- ISBN: 0385477058
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The first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the theory of 10-dimensional space. The theory of hyperspace, which Michio Kaku pioneered, may be the leading candidate for the Theory of Everything that Einstein spent the remaining years of his life searching for.
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Kaku, a physicist, paints a vivid portrait of the groundbreaking theory of hyperspace and its newest wrinkle--superstring theory.
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Since ingesting Einstein's relativity theory 50 years ago, physics fell down a quantum rabbit hole and, ever since, physicists' reports to the world of popular science have been curiouser and curiouser. This version, from the author of the graduate text Quantum Field Theory , is very curious as he delineates the ``delicious contradictions'' of the quantum revolution: that the new paradigms of subatomic matter require the existence of ``hyperspace,'' an ultimate universe of many dimensions, to accomodate their mostly mathematical behaviors. Unified field theory as it is currently understood does not preclude any of the hypotheses that Kaku invites to this Mad Hatter's Theory Party: superstrings, parallel universes and, his centerpiece, time travel. Although occasionally facile, Kaku remains on solid theoretical ground up to the point of his untestable hypotheses, which lead to his more abstract arguments. In the past decade particle physics has lurched to astonishing contradictions and Kaku's adventurous, tantalizing book should not be penalized for promising more than present technology can test. His intellectual perceptions will thrill lay readers, SF fans and the physics-literate. Illustrations. (Apr.)
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Michio Kaku is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the City College of the City University of New York. He graduated from Harvard and received his Ph.D. from Berkeley. He is author of Beyond Einstein (with Jennifer Trainer), Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction, and Introduction to Superstrings. He has also hosted a weekly hour-long science program on radio for the past ten years.
City College of the City University of New York
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Break on through to the other side.by HouseNoodleSoup
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August 04, 2009: Michio Kaku is one of my favorite sources for clear descriptions of things that would otherwise be too complicated to comprehend. In Hyperspace, he uses his own analogies and the analogies of others to (as clearly as I'd imagine one can) break down the theories that are spearheading modern theoretical physics. He discusses physical concepts from discoveries in recent history, how those discoveries have shaped the way we look at the forces of nature, as well as how a small handful of curious fellows and their investigations detected ways to literally, "unite the masses." It is quite the topic for discussion when conversing with others who've read the material, both on a theoretical level and a philosophical level. He even makes suggestions of the future of this sort of thinking. Ever been interested in how a higher dimension could be? If so, pick up the curious looking book called Hyperspace by Michio Kaku, and swan-dive right in.
Helps Train Open-minded Receptivity to Other Dimensionsby Anonymous
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June 21, 2009: This is a quite interesting nonfiction book as it combines philosophy, science and literary discussion since it is brilliantly written. There are very few science formulas in this book, yet it handles extremely complex dimensional theories and mentions the great scientists that invented them. There are interesting diagrams to help readers conceptualize the difficult material. I found this to focus on different dimensions and the explanation of them to the extent that it read like a training manual to open oneself to more realities. It is difficult to believe that this type of literary writing is possible, as it is just amazing. (I found 98 percent of the book interesting, whether one agrees with the theories, scientists or not. And, the other 2 percent exposed a downside that I found in this book such as mentioning of some other historical cultures since the research in these areas seemed scant such as the book states that just 500 of Spain's conquistadors overtook the great Aztec empire, when conflicting research says Aztec runaway slaves greatly helped the consquistadors overtake the Aztec empire, etc. Not a lot of these cultural areas are mentioned in the book, maybe just a page or two in the whole book. Also, the lack of mention of Russian scientists as the book is an issue, as the book states that many Russian scientists came up with theories of ten dimensions, but just a few are mentioned. Yet, the book mentions many scientists and a few Russians so it is not devastating.) For the most part, "Hyperspace" is a definite literary masterpiece. For those that want many science formulas inside a huge textbook that offers the same artistic value combined with much more hard science in many different science disciplines, more elaborate diagrams, and much more concrete material is the five-star textbook by understated genious Stephan Wolfram--"A New Kind of Science" by Wolfram Media, Inc., 2002.
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