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    <body><![CDATA[another amazing theoretical physics book for the general population. i've re-read this one several times too. Dr. Kaku is an inspiration.<br/><br/>this quote is one of my all time favorites:<br/> &quot;...We now believe that the mind of God is music reverberating through 10 dimensional hyperspace...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42654142">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[نویسنده این کتاب &quot;میکیوکاکو&quot;، جدیدترین فرضیه های علمی در مورد جهان پیرامون ما را مورد بحث قرار میدهد. نشان میدهد که این عالم نه سه یا چهاربعدی؛ بلکه در واقع ده بع...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47569788">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Kaku takes his readers on an amazing journey from Big Bang to the end of time. His uncanny ability to make even the most esoteric theories of cosmology understandable (at least from a high-level) makes Hyperspace an engaging read for any laymen pondering the wonders of the universe.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Universes curled up into the size of a pencil eraser???!<br/>Incredible brain food.  Who needs religion when the world and its parts just keep going and going and going....?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic book that moves between science and science fiction.  It manages to be technical and readable.  It was a bit of a slow read for me, a couple of pages would have me pondering for hours.  <br/><br/>&quot;Instead of being overwhelmed by the universe, I think that perhaps one of the deepest ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72574731">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Love this book - made me appreciate the universe and fueled my love of physics (again).  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ahem.<br/><br/>If this is what physicists work on all day, I got ripped off in high school.<br/><br/>Okay, so half of this book is dedicated to &quot;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&quot; (that million, by the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28770620">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I finished a book! It is this one.<br/><br/>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...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18987579">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>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.<br/><br/>Still, this was bathroom reading, so it was always going to be slow going (ha!).<br/><br/>Potty humor aside, I love Michio Kaku.  This book is pa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13610007">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Eh. I bought this book about 5 years ago and I had been excited to read it ever since. Well, finally getting around to it, I was pretty disappointed.<br/><br/>It's a good attempt at addressing this interesting subject of higher dimensional physics but the execution leaves something to be desired....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4023231">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite physics books of all: this book is a great introduction to hyperspace and relativity.  The middle gets somewhat technical for those not science inclined, but overall a fantastic read.<br/><br/>I particularly enjoyed Kaku's story of building a particle accelerator as a child (rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40274515">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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