The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything

Michio Kaku

Apr 2021 · Sold by Vintage

About this ebook

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic story of the greatest quest in all of science—the holy grail of physics that would explain the creation of the universe—from renowned theoretical physicist and author of The Future of the Mind and The Future of Humanity.

When Newton discovered the law of gravity, he unified the rules governing the heavens and the Earth. Since then, physicists have been placing new forces into ever-grander theories.
 
But perhaps the ultimate challenge is achieving a monumental synthesis of the two remaining theories—relativity and the quantum theory. This would be the crowning achievement of science, a profound merging of all the forces of nature into one beautiful, magnificent equation to unlock the deepest mysteries in science: What happened before the Big Bang? What lies on the other side of a black hole? Are there other universes and dimensions? Is time travel possible? Why are we here?
 
Kaku also explains the intense controversy swirling around this theory, with Nobel laureates taking opposite sides on this vital question. It is a captivating, gripping story; what’s at stake is nothing less than our conception of the universe.
 
Written with Kaku’s trademark enthusiasm and clarity, this epic and engaging journey is the story of The God Equation.

Ratings and reviews

Oh, Michio and his String religion... He literally says it can't be tested and then goes on to give a pretty limp excuse for it. For something that he brags has so much research behind it, String theory is either a well-researched mathematical theory or a toy scientific hypothesis. Scientific Theory has a meaning, and a pet project with no experimental evidence doesn't qualify. Maybe some day it will, but for now it's an excuse for Kaku to appear on pop science shows and talk about the "God Equation." I was actually enjoying the history of real physics up until he got on his string soap box. Wouldn't it suck if if the real Theory of Everything is just a splice of the hodgepodge Standard Model and a yet to be discovered ugly quantum gravity, and science has to live with it?

Relavity literals in Quantum Relations but gravitational in the alt of quantum perhaps is imaginable as 20/300 is blind in 2020. "Visions"1998 was the blame Dr Kaku! Mostly or leastly cuz uncertainty principal hardly matter hardly MATTER sorts and consort stalecheckmates in checkers

This book gives a succinct overview of the history of modern physics and looks to the discoveries of the future. The primary focus is on how string theory can bridge the gap between general relativity and quantum theory. The book explains string theory in a way that's accessible to lay people. I came away with a better understanding than I had before. Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.

About the author

MICHIO KAKU is a professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York, co-founder of string field theory, and the author of several widely acclaimed science books, including Beyond Einstein, The Future of Humanity, The Future of the Mind, Hyperspace, Physics of the Future, and Physics of the Impossible. He is the science correspondent for CBS This Morning, the host of the radio programs Science Fantastic and Exploration, and a host of several science TV specials for the BBC and the Discovery and Science Channels.