Review: Parallel Worlds

I'm reading this book at the moment that is just amazing. I thought I would take a minute to give some information about it.

It is written by Michio Kaku and called:

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

This book is amazing! Im only about 1/5 of the way through and its got me glued to the pages. I've always been interested in the universe, probably more so now than ever before in my past, and learning about the history of how theories and science have come together to paint our knowledge of the cosmos is just humbling in a word.

The first part of the book goes into how the theories have been developed over the years, and who the great pioneers were in astronomy and physics. He talks about how our universe may have formed and the constituents of our natural world- what is it made up of?

Not only is the read brilliant in its scope of information about our cosmos and the evolution of our universe, but it is easily read- even for those of us who haven't had the opportunity (or patience) to delve too deeply into physics.

I can't wait to finish it, but like most great reads, I'm not looking forward to its end...

Here is a small tidbit from the book-

"Eventually, Linde proposed a new version of inflation that seemed to eliminate some of the defects of the early versions. He envisioned a universe in which, at random points in space and time, spontaneous breaking occurs. At each point where breaking occurs, a universe is created which inflates a little. Most of the time, the amount of inflation is minor. But because this process is random, eventually there will be a bubble where the inflation lasts long enough to create our universe. Taken to its logical conclusion, this means that inflation is continuous and eternal, with big bangs happening all the time, with universes sprouting from other universes. In this picture, universes can "bud" off into other universes, creating a "multiverse."

Now go buy this book!