false 1143382 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 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.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.]]> 33426 12 629317 1994 Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension total:889|5:349|4:369|3:141|2:26|1:4| 889 3700 1437 98 18800 4.05 2319 365 5997987 368200 979636 0195085140 9780195085143 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179963723m/979636.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179963723s/979636.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/979636.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 3.97 29 1994 5 3 false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Sep 10 11:50:42 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 16:47:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5418416 309374 979636 0195085140 9780195085143 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179963723m/979636.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179963723s/979636.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/979636.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 4.16 889 1994 4 2 false Fri Aug 31 08:26:29 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 08:31:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3732627 227682 722419 0385477058 9780385477055 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177632963m/722419.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177632963s/722419.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722419.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_10th_Dimens_ion 4.06 183 NYT. ]]> 1994 5 2 false Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sun Jul 29 00:45:52 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 00:50:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 27426462 1335294 722419 0385477058 9780385477055 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177632963m/722419.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177632963s/722419.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722419.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_10th_Dimens_ion 4.16 889 NYT. ]]> 1994 3 1 false Sat Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 10:48:08 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 14:33:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 42654142 1871630 33426 0192861891 9780192861894 80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794m/33426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794s/33426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33426.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 4.20 670 1994 4 1 false Sun Jan 11 02:04:11 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 02:15:23 -0800 2009
this quote is one of my all time favorites:
"...We now believe that the mind of God is music reverberating through 10 dimensional hyperspace...more...]]> 47569788 2067075 33426 0192861891 9780192861894 80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794m/33426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794s/33426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33426.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 4.16 889 1994 5 0 false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 00:59:38 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 08:28:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 69169653 1846986 722419 0385477058 9780385477055 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177632963m/722419.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177632963s/722419.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722419.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_10th_Dimens_ion 4.16 889 NYT. ]]> 1994 2 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 20:13:49 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 20:26:27 -0700 2009
Dr. Kaku alternates through two styles -- talking to the reader like they're completely retarded and then talking to them like they've taken a college physics class. I'm neither, I understood what he was writing, and ...more...]]> 7511845 477898 33426 0192861891 9780192861894 80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794m/33426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794s/33426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33426.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 4.16 889 1994 4 1 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Tue Oct 09 20:33:34 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 20:36:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 25420273 1090706 33426 0192861891 9780192861894 80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794m/33426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794s/33426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33426.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 4.16 889 1994 5 1 false Wed Jun 25 09:19:01 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 09:25:13 -0700 2008 38262367 871208 33426 0192861891 9780192861894 80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794m/33426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794s/33426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33426.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 4.16 889 1994 5 1 false Thu Nov 20 17:07:28 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 17:09:31 -0800 2008 Incredible brain food. Who needs religion when the world and its parts just keep going and going and going....?]]> 72574731 955795 33426 0192861891 9780192861894 80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794m/33426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794s/33426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33426.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 4.16 889 1994 5 0 false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 13:36:04 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 20:54:17 -0700 2009
"Instead of being overwhelmed by the universe, I think that perhaps one of the deepest ...more...]]> 25728412 1279283 33426 0192861891 9780192861894 80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794m/33426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794s/33426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33426.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 4.16 889 1994 5 1 false Sat Jun 28 00:45:55 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 00:46:51 -0700 2008 28770620 1035683 33426 0192861891 9780192861894 80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794m/33426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794s/33426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33426.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 4.16 889 1994 4 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 12:27:05 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 11:55:11 -0700 2008
If this is what physicists work on all day, I got ripped off in high school.

Okay, so half of this book is dedicated to "things we might be able to do in a million years IF we don't blow ourselves up before then and IF our math is correct" (that million, by the ...more...]]> 18987579 98493 722419 0385477058 9780385477055 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177632963m/722419.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177632963s/722419.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722419.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_10th_Dimens_ion 4.16 889 NYT. ]]> 1994 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 30 08:51:50 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 10:31:20 -0700 2008
At first I was not really a fan of this book, but it got better and better the whole way through, and was pretty much awesome by the end. At the beginning, I found the pop culture references to be excessive, and wanted it to get on down to the business o...more...]]> 13610007 665259 33426 0192861891 9780192861894 80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794m/33426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794s/33426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33426.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 4.16 889 1994 4 0 false Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 26 07:24:35 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 16 11:37:35 -0700 2008 Wow! I guess it's taken me about 7 months to finish this book. It would have taken less time to take a course in Theoretical Physics.

Still, this was bathroom reading, so it was always going to be slow going (ha!).

Potty humor aside, I love Michio Kaku. This book is pa...more...]]> 12288754 773155 33426 0192861891 9780192861894 80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794m/33426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794s/33426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33426.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 4.16 889 1994 5 0 false Sun Jan 13 18:33:49 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 17:33:49 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 13:15:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4023231 237421 722419 0385477058 9780385477055 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177632963m/722419.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177632963s/722419.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722419.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_10th_Dimens_ion 4.16 889 NYT. ]]> 1994 2 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 09:34:09 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 28 08:10:10 -0800 2007
It's a good attempt at addressing this interesting subject of higher dimensional physics but the execution leaves something to be desired. ...more...]]> 40274515 1809206 33426 0192861891 9780192861894 80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794m/33426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794s/33426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33426.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 4.16 889 1994 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Tue Dec 16 20:12:59 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 20:49:16 -0800 2008 3
I particularly enjoyed Kaku's story of building a particle accelerator as a child (rea...more...]]> 47548122 105107 33426 0192861891 9780192861894 80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794m/33426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168438794s/33426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33426.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_Tenth_Dimension 4.16 889 1994 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 18:39:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 18:39:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 45979088 640995 722419 0385477058 9780385477055 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177632963m/722419.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177632963s/722419.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722419.Hyperspace_A_Scientific_Odyssey_Through_Parallel_Universes_Time_Warps_and_the_10th_Dimens_ion 4.16 889 NYT. ]]> 1994 3 0 false Tue Feb 10 17:01:29 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 10:51:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1143382