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Hyperspace (A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension) - Michio Kaku

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Im not a big phsyicist or Mathematician but it was fairly easy to follow most of Michio Kaku's explanations, some of the diagrams were extremely helpful in describing his points. This is not a... more

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  • 2 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    5 Stars Hyperspace 06/01/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Physics made entertaining

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Some interest in science would probably help

    Despite the Sci-fi like title Michio Kaku's book (ISBN 0-19-508514-0)is a non-fiction book about physics, more particularly it acts as a good introduction to such subjects as "Superstring" theory. Kaku, a physist and radio presenter from New York, writes in an interesting, informative and entertaining way. It offers a history of some of the important development in physics and cosmology before moving on to talk about Superstring theory and General Unified Theories "GUTs" using personal anecdotes and Sci-fi examples to illustrate some of his points. For such a potentially heavy subject I found ... more
  • 1 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lufcwls

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easily followed with diagrams for 80-90% of it

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Lots of abbreviations that continue throughout without reminder

    Im not a big phsyicist or Mathematician but it was fairly easy to follow most of Michio Kaku's explanations, some of the diagrams were extremely helpful in describing his points. This is not a fictional book, it is based on actual scientific theory about subjects that may seem fictional but (in theory) may not be. For example time travel, worm holes, parallel universes, 4th, 5th, 6th.. etc dimensions and so on. Although this book may seem very complicated and jargon heavy it was actually an okay read and not too difficult. Although some of the terminology may go on for several chaptors and ... more

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Author Michio Kaku
Title Hyperspace (A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension)
Subgenre Universe
Genre Science & Technology
Type Non-Fiction

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