Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension

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Summary: Very enjoyable book
Review: I starting at the middle of the book. I just opened a section to scan some pages, and the next thing I know, three hours have passed and I've finished quite a few chapters. I finished the last half and then went back to read the first half. The book captures your mind and starts you thinking....Kaku has done a fine job and I have been recommending this book since.

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Summary: Really the only popular treatment of extra dimensions
Review: This is a good book. It is clear and well written. The reader should realize however that the existence of more than three spatial dimensions is still speculative.

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Summary: Soooo interesting.
Review: Finally there is a scientist who is willing to talk about things that usually scientists arent willling to talk about. While Im a little bit wary of his argument that our universe coincides with another 6-dimensional universe which is many orders of magnitude smaller than the nucleus of an atom (I disagree with the size part), this book definitely makes you ask some interesting questions. The conclusion of the book also gets a little bit to philosophical and political for my taste. But other than that, definitely worth reading.

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Summary: Very good for the neophyte
Review: Excellent to get a amateur view of current mindset on Quantum theory. Some of the math context was being my ability to fully appreciate, perhaps someone better schooled than I wouldn't have a problem. One negative comment is the traditional "we better change or else" ending to the book. I've been shamed, guilted, and warned enough about man destroying the world. I was disappointed to get a lecture in liberal political world views in this book. Would have been better to stick to the topic.

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Summary: THE Best Book on Theoretical Physics
Review: Hyperspace blew my mind with pages upon pages of discussion on time travel, wormholes, black holes, the end/beginning of the universe, parallel universes, and so on. This book explains some of the most complicated and highly theoretical ideas of physics in Laymans terms, making it a truly wonderful, well written book great for both information and entertainment. Hats off to Mr. Kaku on this one.

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Summary: Hyperspace is a book for your third eye
Review: If you're a thinker like me, then Hyperspace is your brain food. Mr. Kaku literally takes you into another dimension with his clear and vivid explanations of some of the most amazing ideas in theoretical physics. The detailed descriptions of objects that we cannot perceive are actually created in your mind's eye,leaving you looking at everything as if it were possibly a ten dimensional object, while at the same time having you think over such ideas as wormholes, space travel, parallel universes, and probably the Loch Ness Monster and Bermuda Triangle! This book is a must for any deep thinker and lover of the unknown.

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Summary: Great book for the physics prof.(s), & easy for firts timers
Review: This book is very good it puts evrything in in Layman's tems, while going into the deepest parts of theoretical physics. Dr. Kaku uses simple English to explain the hardest part os quantum physics to interdimensional worm hole theory. His synopsis of Kaluza-Klein is great, and his knowledge of superstring theory is outstanding! It is a must read, for any Star Trek, Star Wars, or 2001 Buff

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Summary: A user friendly scientific text for metaphysicists.
Review: Scientists are currently seeking proof of that which mystics have always known: the "unified" theory, multidimensionality, parallel universes. For those approaching the subject from the metaphysical perspective, Hyperspace presents a lucid outline of current scientific theory about how our perception of reality is constructed. Mr. Kaku's literary journey leads us through ever more complex theories which ultimately simplify the relationships among matter, time, space, energy, vibration, and observation. It's a fun ride in the philosophical amusement park

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Summary: Interesting recap of intriguing subjects, but falls short
Review: Despite its critical acclaim, "Hyperspace" is mostly a rehash of ideas developed a century ago but ignored because of their "impossible" nature. Kaku writes with enthusiasm but stops short of proposing a testable model of hyperdimensional physics, claiming instead that such higher "state spaces," while interesting, will not be confirmed scientifically for centuries. What good is a theory if it cannot be tested for hundreds of years? We'll just have to wait, Kaku says, leaving the intrigue of time travel, free energy, and alternate worlds in the same never-never land orthodoxy has always relegated them to. But several other researchers have already provided convincing evidence of higher dimensions, complete with testable models. Interested readers may refer to the work of MIT's Eugene Mallove, former NASA astronaut Brian O'Leary, Richard Hoagland and Thomas Bearden for starters. This said, Kaku deserves commendation for bringing hyperspace and all its implications back into the public arena, where it has been absent (except in Star Trek episodes) for far too long

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Summary: The Problem with Physics
Review: The major problem that those who have opinions or theories on physics but no doctorates degree is that no one will listen to them. We need to stop making physics follow the equations and start making it follow the evidence. The equations can wait if you can prove that something works. This book opens the minds of all of us non-proffessors and allows us to start to think that maybe our ideas aren't so strange after all