Beyond Einstein: The Cosmic Quest for the Theory of the Universe

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In this time of profound darkness when the pseudo science sets back in the health of this nation with the measles epidemies pounding once a country leader in one more than one thing and also when the darkest ideas order people to kill their brethren, this book is a serious alternative for all the challenges of our modern world (MODERN!!!???? we are back into the 6 th century!!) gets us relaxed, makes us think that it was not religion but science and the industrial revolution who allows us all to destroy slavery....and promotes better conditions of life all over the planet for even people who would have not raised ever up to the industrail revolution, if only for their stuck mentalities unable to think out of the square box, but not for lack of intelligence, but yes for excessive obedience to ignorance Yes, I have a big hope and this comes through this type of Scientists with a good based moral in old principles as well.

I bought M. Kaku's more recent book, "Parallel Worlds", but at the last minute decided to first read this book that was already on my bookshelf (alog with "Hyperspace", another one by Kaku). I'm about halfway through and glad that I switched since this one starts from scratch (e.g. Newton) and ramps up over the first couple of chapters to the more current work being done. It's a nice way to put the newer work in context, as well as helping to provide a basis for the later reading. Not saying it's required -- my guess is that any book by M. Kaku would be an interesting "stand alone" read -- but I can say that this book is really enjoyable.

Machio Kaku's shows on the science channel are must see for anyone interested in our universe. 'Beyond Einstein' continues his (pretty) easy to understand presentation of superstring theory, and related topics. It takes a while to read the couple hundred pages, but the book is one you read two or three times to get the most out of it. Some simple explanations, such as why nights are dark, add to the layman's knowledge of 'ordinary' events. A great book.

I absolutely loved this book. I had read a short article on string theory that a friend recommended to me and I was hooked. I bought this book on Amazon.com and read it as soon as it arrived. It starts out with a lengthy history of how the evolution of string theory starting from way back with Newtonian physics, through Einsteinian physics, quantum physics and finally, arriving at String theory. The majority of the book is taken up by this history, but it's an important part of understanding string theory and how these theories evolve. Very enlightening and educational and presented in a manner that anyone can understand.

Popularizer of science Michio Kaku has made an attempt to explain the current view of sub-atomic particle physics to the science-interested layman in the book "Beyond Einstein," and I think he succeeds for the most part. There are a few failed attempts at explaining crucial concepts, but overall the book is lucid and logically structured. Theoretical physicists have been chasing down the "theory of everything" - one equation from which all other laws and principles of physics can be derived - since Einstein first tried to unite gravity and electromagnetism. Kaku presents the history of this field, beginning with Newton and hitting the high points along to way- Maxwell, Einstein, Kaluza, Feynman, Gell-Mann, Schwarz, Glashow, Nambu, etc. The emphasis is on the physicists and their contributions to the field, as opposed to  Euclid's Window , which traces the mathematicians behind the tools used in the theory of everything. I haven't yet read too many other books on the theory of everything, but Kaku's volume strikes me as impressive nonetheless. I think some pictures of the Lie groups would have helped the discussion of supersymmetry (and provide some gee-whiz effect as well, since they are indeed very beautiful). The authors' excitement and hope for the future of science literally jumps out of every page, which makes for an engaging read. This book is definitely worth your time. As a side note, I imagine this might make a great gift for someone taking physics in high school.

Liked everything

Wonderful Read.

One of my fav book frm the shelf. Michio kaku really knw how to make science interesting. I really loved the way he thinks bout the new discoveres nd therories which he summed up in this book.

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The most intriguing thing is if we consider that there is an expanding universe and the notion of space is that it is something to be filled up with then what is the universe expanding into. The superstring theory suggests that the whole thing might have started from space time giving birth to six dimensional and our three dimensional universes, one expanding at the expense of other the net expansion being zero.

String theory is important part of this book because obviously the writer is one of the best theoritical physist Kaku.

Good book