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kitkat962's review against another edition
5.0
Awesome book! Even when:
- I don't like physics that much
- I'm not a fan of Star War and science fiction so some reference does not really vibrate with me
This book was published nearly ten years by the time I read, and certainly, a lot of progress has been made (like, SpaceX). But I felt that the author's classification of Class I, II and III impossibilities stills hold true, and his explanation is easy enough for the general public with many analogies. It is not enough to help you through a standard physic course in high school (the calculations would be dreadful), but Kaku makes physics so much more exciting.
- I don't like physics that much
- I'm not a fan of Star War and science fiction so some reference does not really vibrate with me
This book was published nearly ten years by the time I read, and certainly, a lot of progress has been made (like, SpaceX). But I felt that the author's classification of Class I, II and III impossibilities stills hold true, and his explanation is easy enough for the general public with many analogies. It is not enough to help you through a standard physic course in high school (the calculations would be dreadful), but Kaku makes physics so much more exciting.
trin's review against another edition
3.0
My mood vacillated wildly while reading this, as I shifted from enjoying learning about the science behind my favorite sci-fi concepts, to being disappointed and underwhelmed by how far away we are from most of the cool stuff and how small most of the “amazing progress” and “great advancements” we’ve made actually are. I really liked Kaku’s categorization of the types of advanced societies (modern Earthlings are a sorry Type 0, still dependent on fossil fuels), but that’s one of the few pieces of information I really took with me. Kaku is much more engaging in person. And as usual, science fiction is much more thrilling to me than science reality.
wojevan's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
Interesting speculative science book that melds scifi concepts with emerging real world science/engineering/technology.
nicozinos's review against another edition
challenging
informative
medium-paced
3.0
He should have hired a ghostwriter, but for what it was I did enjoy some of the explanations of strange scientific ideas such as dark matter or positrons
applegnreads's review against another edition
3.0
interesting. want to know what's possible and on what kind of a timeline? want to know what's mostly impossible and what would require huge changes in thinking to be remotely possible? yes, if you don't adore physics it can at times bog down but if you love both scifi and science it's worth reading.
nderiley's review against another edition
3.0
A good beach ready brain, candy book. Kaku is able to digest complex physics into laymen's terms and as the chapter concepts are unrelated you can pick up and put down this book as often as you like without losing anything!
msewidan's review against another edition
4.0
كتاب رائع وعجبنى طريقة تبسيطه للمفاهيم الصعبه بطرق معاصره بالافلام والمسلسلات وبطرق قديمة كالاساطير
hrishivish23's review against another edition
5.0
A very entertaining read as Dr. Kaku deconstructs many popular sci fi elements such as time travel and parallel universes from the point of view of physics and talks about how impossible they are to achieve in a very pragmatic and practical manner