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Aloha
May 06, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Michio Kaku did a terrific job of explaining to the layman scientific possibilities often depicted in sci-fi.
Lois Gresh
Jul 01, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Michio Kaku is a fantastic pop physics author - his work is always clear, interesting, and provocative.
Mark
Nov 10, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kaku does a good job of covering and explaining a number of complex topics and concepts in a way that a non-scientific audience
can understand and find accessible, yet he wasn't afraid of throwing in some equations (beyond just E=mc^2) to challenge his readers.
I found the book inspiring and find that I'm interested in checking out some of his other (more recent) books.

The book is out-dated in some places, given that it was completed about 5 years before the discovery of the accelerated expansion
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