Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos

Written by:
Michio Kaku
Narrated by:
Marc Vietor

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
50
Narrator
17
Release Date
July 2016
Duration
14 hours 50 minutes
Summary
Is our universe dying?
Could there be other universes?
In Parallel Worlds, world-renowned physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku—an author who “has a knack for bringing the most ethereal ideas down to earth” (Wall Street Journal)—takes readers on a fascinating tour of cosmology, M-theory, and its implications for the fate of the universe.

In his first book of physics since Hyperspace, Michio Kaku begins by describing the extraordinary advances that have transformed cosmology over the last century, and particularly over the last decade, forcing scientists around the world to rethink our understanding of the birth of the universe, and its ultimate fate. In Dr. Kaku’s eyes, we are living in a golden age of physics, as new discoveries from the WMAP and COBE satellites and the Hubble space telescope have given us unprecedented pictures of our universe in its infancy.

As astronomers wade through the avalanche of data from the WMAP satellite, a new cosmological picture is emerging. So far, the leading theory about the birth of the universe is the “inflationary universe theory,” a major refinement on the big bang theory. In this theory, our universe may be but one in a multiverse, floating like a bubble in an infinite sea of bubble universes, with new universes being created all the time. A parallel universe may well hover a mere millimeter from our own.

The very idea of parallel universes and the string theory that can explain their existence was once viewed with suspicion by scientists, seen as the province of mystics, charlatans, and cranks. But today, physicists overwhelmingly support string-theory, and its latest iteration, M-theory, as it is this one theory that, if proven correct, would reconcile the four forces of the universe simply and elegantly, and answer the question “What happened before the big bang?”

Already, Kaku explains, the world’s foremost physicists and astronomers are searching for ways to test the theory of the multiverse using highly sophisticated wave detectors, gravity lenses, satellites, and telescopes. The implications of M-theory are fascinating and endless. If parallel worlds do exist, Kaku speculates, in time, perhaps a trillion years or more from now, as appears likely, when our universe grows cold and dark in what scientists describe as a big freeze, advanced civilizations may well find a way to escape our universe in a kind of “inter-dimensional lifeboat.”

An unforgettable journey into black holes and time machines, alternate universes, and multidimensional space, Parallel Worlds gives us a compelling portrait of the revolution sweeping the world of cosmology.
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Michael K.

I've been into the cosmos and the quantum quite a bit lately and this book was by far the easiest and best way to explain to people of all levels of understanding those subjects. His metaphors for explaining string theory were brilliant. I highly recommend!

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david j

Really great book! An easy to understand yet thorough introduction to what seems hard to visualise physics. Lots of different ideas are explained in a way that's easy for anyone to picture. Doesn't promote one idea over another, which is nice. Gives them all a good going over. One of my favourites of the ones I've read about this subject.

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Daniel F.

One of my favorite books of all time

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Anonymous

Cool, very interesting

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Mohammed Shael A

Excellent book and excellent reading

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Gayle W

Kaku is said to be able to explain theoretical physics to a child, it's true. This is a very tough subject to understand and this has helped greatly. The narrator is easy to listen to.

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