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| Parallel Worlds: The Science of Alternative Universes and Our Future in the Cosmos | 
 enlarge | Author: Michio Kaku
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 2317
Media: Paperback
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0141014636
EAN: 9780141014630
ASIN: 0141014636
Publication Date: January 26, 2006
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accessible January 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
a GENUINELY accessible book, written in layman's (or layperson's as it must be these days) terms. the logic of the format flows easily and the topics covered are fascinating, highly speculative but also logically probable. a book to come back to again.
The Humanity's Exit Strategy June 4, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Michio Kaku's "Parallel Worlds" is the best popular science non-fiction ever written. Its breakthrough theories reach out to the most naive reader with such a strength that whatever you've known about the Big Bang or religious essays on the beginning and the end of our world, suddenly becomes a tiny moment caught in the universe yet ever-evolving.
It has very logical structure on complex issues such as the essence of non-material dark energy that apparently consists the 73 percent of the energy in our universe, the bubble theories of the existence of parallel universes where the humanity can move to as our planet comes to an end due to the unavoidable universal freeze. Thus, he masterfully presents the idea of multiverses that co-exist in a string, subject to ongoing Big Bangs here and there. As he narrates "...entire universes continually sprout or "bud" off other universes. If true, it would unify two of the great religious mythologies, Genesis and Nirvana. Genesis would take place continually within the fabric of timeless Nirvana".
(One has another appreciation for Michio Kaku for his bringing up in a Buddhist family who nevertheless sent him off to a Catholic Sunday School had made him one of the most read scientists.)
Decoding Einstein's and Darwin's at their time distant theories on reading "the God's Mind" and the "end of humanity", Michio Kaku unveils the latest developments in the scientific world on the humanity's beginning and future, claiming that even a string of Big Bangs and multiverses would still need an ultimate creator/composer...
This book is a definite buy on the most indefinite questions we have.
Wow! April 19, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book is mind blowing. Written on a level that makes it accessible to pretty much everybody it covers all aspects of cosmology and their implications regarding time travel, parallel worlds, string theory and black holes. It even covers some of the history behind the major scientists involved (Einstein, Gamow, Schrodinger, Hoyle etc) and includes anecdotes telling of the debates they had with each other concerning some of the major questions. It doesn't matter if you don't fully understand some of the ideas (Quantum theory, for example, is probably fully understood by nobody), there are plenty of other things to keep you interested and its all so well written that it really is close to being impossible to put down.
Fantastic! Read it. June 21, 2006
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
An astonishingly thought-provoking read that seems to cover all the bases on quantum mechanics and M-theory, written in plain layman's English. The explanations satisfy where Hawking's Universe in a Nutshell confounded. Kaku doesn't shy away from the implications or the tough questions quantum mechanics and parallel universe theories hold. The last chapter in particular takes an interesting look at all sides of the question of a Creator, and Kaku gives his own personal viewpoint. The best science book I've read in ages.
The end of the universe?! April 29, 2005
8 out of 21 found this review helpful
After seeing the author on BBC News 24's Hardtalk Extra program discussing issues relating to this book, I just knew I had to get it. During the program the author came across as very understandable, knowledgeable and also well read, happily discussing an array of fictional literature and even religious issues, relating these to his discussion of astro physics. I have not thoroughly read the book yet but a good look through suggests his writing style *is* as clear and understandable as he was on TV. Unfortunately I have not read other books about subjects like this, for example Hawking's book, so cannot compare this with other books. However, this book comes highly recommended.
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