Parallel worlds

a journey through creation, higher dimensions, and the future of the cosmos

By Kaku, Michio

Publishers Summary:
"In his first book of physics since Hyperspace, Michio Kaku begins by describing the extraordinary advances that have transformed cosmology over the last century, and particularly over the last decade, forcing scientists around the world to rethink our understanding of the birth of the universe and its ultimate fate." "The very idea of parallel universes and the string theory that can explain their existence was once viewed with suspicion by scientists, seen as the province of mystics, charlatans, and cranks. But today, theoretical physicists overwhelmingly support string theory and its latest iteration, M-theory, as it is the one theory that, if proven correct, would reconcile the four forces of the universe simply and elegantly, and answer the question "What happened before the big bang?""--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN
978-0-38550-986-2
Publisher
New York : Doubleday, c2005.


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Reviewed on December 15, 2004

Increasingly, it seems that whatever can be imagined, even in wildest speculation, is possible in modern astrophysics. As a case in point, Kaku (Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics, Graduate Ctr., CUNY; Hyperspace ) considers serious theoretical possibilities of the existence of parallel and/or multiple universes. He begins by covering the historical background of cosmology (familiar territory to fans of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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