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Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
Michio Kaku
Anchor
, 2006 - 448 pages
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highly recommended
Basic and Understanding
This book is easy to understand and you really see the basics of cosmology without having to understand equations and the whole physics works. Its easy to read and it totally boggles your mind. It gives you definitions where you need them and it explains to you everything you need to know in the most simplist way. I recommend this book to any beginner or even just the typical reader who finds space and comsology interesting. I, myself, never read about cosmology ever in my life before. When I read this book, it was simple, logical, and really made you think. The author doesn't tell you what to think or believe, he opens your mind to a bunch of different possibilities so you can see the whole picture. He names all the theories and ideas and let's you draw your own conclusions. This book is just a source of interesting facts and info about cosmology without any scientific gibberish that is unpronouncable. It's truly great.
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Yo! Michio...
Yo! Michio... Whachu smokin' booooy? An'...where can we get some? Okay, seriously: this does remind me of those wild late night conversations we used to engage in at university back in the day... typically after too many bong hits. These are some mind-stretching ideas, and yes ancient Hindu (Dravidic?) mystics tried to record all this for us in an earlier iteration. But the language they used in their explanations was perhaps too poetic, too mystical and too symbolic to survive the centuries and translation (both language and cross-cultural translation). A good companion to this book would perhaps be Ervin Laszlo's "Science and the Akashic Field" or "The Whispering Pond" by the same author. Never-the-less we do owe Kaku (and Laszlo, and others: Fred Alan Wolf, Michael Talbot?) our gratitude for even attempting to make this bizarre subject accessible to those of us who have not the benefits of
higher education
or mystical experience! A fair amount of "suspension of disbelief" is required here. Kaku does this particularly well because he tries to employ "everyday language."
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Kakus Best Book-author of quantum mechanics demystified
Ihave enjoyed all of Kaku's excellent books on physics-he has an overwhelming enthusiasm for the subject that is very contageous. In
Parallel
worlds Kaku
revisits many of the same topics he has in his other books, but with updated info from current scientific research, addressing controversies like the "flatness problem". He has an excellent chapter on black holes I really enjoyed, plus an excellent chapter on quantum theory and the many worlds interpretation. The end of the book is fascinating speculation on the types of advanced civilizations there could be in the universe. And of course he doesn't steer away from his favorite topic-string theory. Definitely read the book. If you get a chance to see Kaku on TV, don't miss it. One time he was profiled on "Big Thinkers" on TechTv and I was blown away by his charasmatic enthusiasm for physics. It would be really nice if there were more physics teachers like Kaku instead of the usual dull variety you find in school.
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