Parallel Worlds: The Science of Alternative Universes and Our Future in the Cosmos - Hardcover

Kaku, Michio

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713997281 ISBN 13: 9780713997286

Publisher: Allen Lane, 2005

Synopsis

Getting a grip on the creation and ultimate fate of the universe is one of the great scientific stories of the twentieth century. In the twenty-first, the story is expanding to enfold many universes. Michio Kaku's dazzling book tells that new story. Using the latest astronomical data, he explores the Big Bang, theories of everything, and our cosmic future. His wonderfully clear scientific account leads to some mind-boggling speculations about the human implications of this story. Are we condemned to watch a single universe slowly run down, becoming a dark, cold wasteland? Or can we dream of escaping into one of many parallel universes, each born of a new Big Bang, or even existing in another dimension? Kaku shows how the new cosmology points to these and other astonishing possibilities.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Michio Kaku is the co-founder of String Field Theory, and is the author of international best-selling books such as Hyperspace, Visions, and Beyond Einstein.

Michio Kaku is the Henry Semat Professor in Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713997281
• ISBN 13: 9780713997286
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448