Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension

Michio Kaku

Jul 2023 · Highbridge Audio · Narrated by Tim Lounibos

About this audiobook

Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Can we change the past? Are there gateways to parallel universes? All of us have pondered such questions, but there was a time when scientists dismissed these notions as outlandish speculations. Not any more. Today, they are the focus of the most intense scientific activity in recent memory. In Hyperspace, Michio Kaku offers the first book-length tour of the most exciting (and perhaps most bizarre) work in modern physics. The theory of hyperspace (or higher dimensional space)-and its newest wrinkle, superstring theory-stand at the center of this revolution, with adherents in every major research laboratory in the world. Beginning where Hawking's Brief History of Time left off, Kaku paints a vivid portrayal of the breakthroughs now rocking the physics establishment. Why all the excitement? As the author points out, for over half a century, scientists have puzzled over why the basic forces of the cosmos-gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces-require markedly different mathematical descriptions. But if we see these forces as vibrations in a higher dimensional space, their field equations suddenly fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle, perfectly snug, in an elegant, astonishingly simple form. This may thus be our leading candidate for the Theory of Everything.

Ratings and reviews

This classic book has been put into audio for the first time. There are momentary reminders that the book came out in 1994—before M theory or flat-screen monitors. But overall, it seems relevant despite its age. In clear, engaging prose, this book explains why many scientists consider superstring theory to be the best candidate for the Theory of Everything. For the first time, I understand the allure of of the theory to the scientific community. Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received.

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About the author

Michio Kaku is a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of the City University of New York. He is the author of other popular and graduate level books and for the past ten years has hosted a weekly public-radio talk show on science and current events. He is an experienced and outstanding public speaker.

Tim Lounibos is a longtime film/TV actor whose credits include Star Trek: The Next Generation, JAG, The West Wing, Bosch, and NCIS. Tim's voice has been described as rich, soothing, expressive, gritty, and honest.