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livreads7's review against another edition
4.0
I liked the various theories surrounding different dimensions and the newer dimension of time and space. Wormholes and blackholes were very interesting to read about. The ending was a bit tragic for me, however the details and figures in the book were very helpful. Definitely recommend this book for anyone who's curious about space but doesn't want to be bombarded with huge technical terms.
snoutling's review against another edition
4.0
I was taken by the title and had to delve into this book so I could get to the 10th dimension. Apparently our 4 dimensional universe was created when it split from a 10 dimensional universe at the big bang. Another 6 dimensional universe went somewhere, but it is/was so small we can't measure it. Read the book for full details!
I didn't expect to enjoy this so much, but the author made the concepts easy to understand. Also, I didn't realise that physicists are okay with the concept of extraterrestrial beings. Unfortunately it's highly unlikely however, that humans and E.Ts would exist in the same time period. They could have been, or they will be, perhaps long after our extinction.
I didn't expect to enjoy this so much, but the author made the concepts easy to understand. Also, I didn't realise that physicists are okay with the concept of extraterrestrial beings. Unfortunately it's highly unlikely however, that humans and E.Ts would exist in the same time period. They could have been, or they will be, perhaps long after our extinction.
senevilla's review against another edition
5.0
This was intensely enlightening. I enoyed many other books by Michio Kaku, but this one really stood out!
teoboy's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
thomcat's review against another edition
4.0
A good history and coverage of current events. I wanted more on string theory and Ramanujan's modular functions, but at least this serves as a good pointer.
jjlim1996's review against another edition
4.0
"[...] perhaps one of the deepest experiences a scientist can have, almost approaching a religious awakening, is to realise that we are children of the stars, and that our minds are capable of understanding the universal laws that they obey."
think I would have enjoyed this even more had I not dropped Physics in Sec 2.
think I would have enjoyed this even more had I not dropped Physics in Sec 2.
maekd's review against another edition
5.0
Michio Kaku is my new fave person. He built a particle accelerator in his garage as a teenager, wtf. His excitement for theoretical physics translates into his book, and he has a wonderful way of simplifying the concepts to just the right level for the lay reader with some brains. Everything was put into an orderly and chronological context, and mixed with the history of the growth of human knowledge about the universe and biographical information about famous physicists. He has a knack for analogy and several concepts made sense to me where they hadn't before, specifically about the fourth spatial dimension, how it would relate to and interact with the three dimensions we can see. I just loved this book. That said, I don't have a mind for physics so it took me forever to read.