A scientific odyssey through parallel universes, time warps, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site. Michio kaku is a theoretical physicist with a chair at the city university of new york and a respectable list of academic publications in his chosen field of string theory. Kakus book, at 568 pages, is a comprehensive, selfcontained text on string theoryit contains useful summaries of mathematical topics such as index theory, cohomology, and kahler manifolds. String theory is the only game in town, he says, and you cant afford not to play it to the end. Kaku is the author of several textbooks on string theory and quantum field. How science will revolutionize the 21st century 1997, michio kaku, acclaimed theoretical physicist and string field theory cofounder, discussed the status of science in. In his previous book, physics of the future, kaku took readers on a whirlwind tour of science fictions he believes are poised to become science realities. Its not exactly physics, but it is about light and it gets into very interesting subjects and a lot of stuff that has to do with physics. Probably a purely bosonic string if kaku wrote it in the 1970s.
Short description of book in physics of the future, michio kaku physics of the impossible gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over three hundred of the worlds top scientists who are already inventing the future in their labs. Michio kaku is the henry semat professor of theoretical physics at the city university of new york. In this enlightening book, michio kaku reasseses einsteins work by centring on his three great theories. He has written many bestselling books on physics the latest two being hyperspace and visions.
Michio kaku is the cofounder of string field theory, and is one of the most widely recognized scientists in the world today. Kaku is famous for his major field, theoretical physics. Description of the book strings, conformal fields, and mtheory. In his previous book, physics of the future, kaku took readers on. Books by michio kaku author of physics of the impossible. Strings, conformal fields, and mtheory michio kaku springer. Michio kaku, cofounder, string field theory one hundred years ago, lasers, televisions, and computers seemed physically impossible.
Physics of the impossible by michio kaku new humanist. The quadratic term would give the propagation of the free string, and once and. If mtheory is proven correct, we may perhaps finally find answer to the question, what happened before the big bang. Strings, conformal fields, and mtheory, michio kaku, jan 1, 2000, science, 531 pages. He has also enjoyed an impressive career in the media, both at home in the us, where he appears on everything from pbs to larry king, and in the uk.
He is a professor of theoretical physics in the city college of new york and cuny graduate center. Strings, conformal fields, and mtheory edition 2 by. Part i, fields and renormalization, lays a solid foundation epub by presenting. It goes into a lot of different subjects, all of them dealing with light, and. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading parallel worlds. As cofounder of string field theory, i try to carry on einsteins quest to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into a single grand unified theory of everything. A few years ago, string theory seemed the prime candidate for the longsought theory of everything, the holy grail of physics that will reveal, writes jim holt in the new yorker, how the universe began and how it will end in a few elegant equations, perhaps concise enough to be emblazoned on a tshirt. Introduction to superstrings and mtheory graduate texts in. Some episodes of scifi science, for instance, ponder alien invasion of the planet, or a new solar system. String theory continues to progress at an astonishing rate, and this book brings the reader up to date with the latest developments and the most active areas of research in the field.
Introduction to superstrings and mtheory edition 2 by michio. What are the odds there is life in outer space richard dawkins asks neil degrasse tyson duration. Strings, conformal fields, and mtheory michio kaku bok. Kaku is well placed to try to imagine what developments might possibly occur in the fields of science and technology over the coming years, centuries, millennia and aeons. Kaku is the author of several doctoral textbooks on string theory and quantum field theory and has published 170 articles in journals covering topics such as superstring theory, supergravity, supersymmetry, and hadronic physics. I work in something called string theory, thats what i do for a living. It goes without saying that length, width, and breadth suffice to describe all objects in our visible universe. A journey through creation, higher dimensions, and the future of the cosmos kindle edition by kaku, michio.
String theory is unique at this time because, as kaku pointed out, it is the only game in town that truly has the potential to be a theory of everything. Why string theory may be the key to uncovering a theory. Michio kaku is one of the most widely recognized figures in science in the world today. Introduction to superstrings and mtheory graduate texts. I would also like to thank stuart krichevsky, my agent for so many years, who has always encouraged me to take on newer and more exciting challenges. Strings, conformal fields, and m theory, michio kaku, jan 1, 2000, science, 531 pages.
String theory continues to progress at an astonishing rate, and this book brings the reader up to date with the latest developments and the most active areas of. String field theory is a very advanced and still ongoing physics theory that is trying to create a unified. Physics of the impossible by michio kaku talk on string theory einstein once said, if a theory cannot be explained to a child, then the theory is probably worthless, michio says. Strings, conformal fields, and m theory graduate texts in contemporary physics author. Building on the foundation of pdf qed, quantum field theory. Michio kaku is an american theoretical physicist, futurist, and popularizer of science science communicator.
He is the science correspondent for cbs this morning. I can tell you about the future of your mind, ama im a henry semat professor of theoretical physics at the cuny graduate center, a leader in the field of theoretical physics, and cofounder of string field theory. A scientific odyssey through parallel universes, time warps, and the tenth dimension, and physics of the impossible. He has written several books about physics and related topics of science. Michio kaku is a professor of physics at the city university of new york, cofounder of string field theory, and the author of several widely acclaimed science books, including beyond einstein, the future of the mind, hyperspace, physics of the future, and physics of the impossible. But we can still learn much more about the theory as lay. In any case, isnt there a parallel universe in which theres a michio kaku who reckons string. Michio kaku is an american theoretical physicist at the city college of new york, bestselling author, a futurist, and a communicator and popularizer of science. They appear to be the first to give an explicit secondquantization of the formalism.
Theoretical physicists are those scientists who work in that twilight zone cu. Michio kakus most popular book is physics of the impossible. Kaku skillfully guides us through the latest innovations in string theory and its latest iteration, mtheory, which posits that our universe may be just one in an endless multiverse, a singular bubble floating in a sea of infinite bubble universes. As well, michio kaku is known for being one of the cofounders of string field theory. This week on press pass, were taking a deep dive into the human brain with a theoretical physicist renowned for pushing the boundaries of science, dr. Popular physicist and science communicator brian greene has touted the theory. This is a book for the really serious student of string theory. Michio kaku on the future of the mind david gregory, anchor. Intended for graduate students with a year of quantum mechanics and familiarity with. Both string and m theory predict that gravity can seep across parallel.
He made a name for himself as cofounder of string field theory, which seeks to complete einsteins unfinished business by. Building on the foundations laid in his introduction to superstrings and m theory, professor kaku discusses such topics as the classification of conformal string theories, knot theory, the yangbaxter relation, quantum groups, and the insights into 11dimensional strings recently obtained from mtheory. A scientific odyssey through parallel universes, time warps, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist. Michio kaku books list of books by author michio kaku.
The book is really interesting and very easy to follow. With hyperspace, he has produced a book for general readers which conveys the vitality of the field and the excitement as scientists. Discount prices on books by michio kaku, including titles like the future of humanity. He is an esteemed theoretical physicist and one of the worlds leading authorities on string theory essentially an attempt to discover a theory of. He has written 4 new york times best sellers, is the science. For all of kakus references to einstein and the equations of string theory, however, he doesnt quite explain to us what those equations are or how and why physicists arrived at them, perhaps because theyre written in a mathematical language that might as well come from an alien dimension as far as nonspecialists are concerned. Introduction to superstrings and mtheory by michio kaku. This gives a hint as to why kaku chose to write a book about the mind right now. A journey through creation, higher dimensions, and the future of the cosmos. Michio kakus future of the mind the new york times. Renowned physicist michio kaku explores how mind reading, the routine use of force fields, and other feats that are currently science fiction may. A scientific exploration of the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel, and more on.
Ive only read through the first chapter, but the book has me locked to it and is very interesting thus far. American theoretical physicist who is a cofounder of string theory. Building on the foundations laid in his introduction to superstrings and m theory, professor kaku discusses such topics as the classification of conformal string theories, knot theory, the yangbaxter relation, quantum groups, and the insights into 11dimensional strings recently obtained from m theory. See all books authored by michio kaku, including hyperspace. Michio kaku simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Strings, conformal fields, and mtheory graduate texts in. Kaku has written several books about physics and related topics, has made.
String field theory sft is a formalism in string theory in which the dynamics of relativistic strings is reformulated in the language of quantum field theory. Three roads to quantum gravity, new york, basic books. Perhaps the most deeply entrenched commonsense notion about our world is that it is 3dimensional. Michio kaku has had a profound influence on modern physics. The other is to predict trends affecting business, commerce, and finance based on the latest research in science. Renowned physicist michio kaku explores how mind reading, the routine use of force fields. This is accomplished at the level of perturbation theory by finding a collection of vertices for joining and splitting strings, as well as string propagators, that give a feynman diagramlike expansion for string scattering amplitudes. I am a theoretical physicist, bestselling author, renowned futurist, and popularizer of science. After a second person added kaku as the inventor of string field theory apparently he is listed as such in a popular science book, i did a little reference hunting and added his work with kikkawa to the lightcone string quantization section. New chapters discuss such topics as seibergwitten theory, m theory and duality, and d. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Introduction to superstrings and mtheory edition 2 by. This comprehensive tutorial introduces the development of, and current trends in, superstring theory, a significant and still controversial attempt to unify general relativity and quantum field theory. The other way that string theory could be proven is mathematically, by showing that general relativity and quantum mechanics have a unique.
Michio kaku quotes 28 science quotes dictionary of. Like all books of michio kaku, the book is written nicely and the topics included are indeed modern and up to date. Table of contents i conformal field theory and perturbation theory. Michio kaku is one of the leading pioneers in superstring theory and has been at the forefront of this revolution in modern physics. Great ideas can be explained in the language of pictures. Strings, conformal fields, and mtheory edition 2 by michio.
Strings, conformal fields, and mtheory springerlink. Interview with michio kaku, scientific american 23 nov 2003. Your allaccess pass to an extra meet the press conversation. Things that you can see and touch, objects that you can. He is an internationally recognized authority in two areas. Discover book depositorys huge selection of michio kaku books online. Description of the book introduction to superstrings. When michio was growing up, he loved science fiction shows and books, filled with timetraveling heroes, parallel universes, and intergalactic space travel. But the subsequent theories led to the big bang theory, and have changed irrevocably the way we.
Introduction to superstrings and mtheory michio kaku springer. Kakus book, at 568 pages, is a comprehensive, selfcontained text on string theoryit contains useful summaries of mathematical topics such as index theory. Visions, hyperspace, einsteins cosmos, parallel worlds, the future of the mind, and the future of humanity. Building on the foundations laid in his introduction to superstrings and m theory, professor kaku discusses such topics as the classification of conformal string theories, knot. Today, teleportation and invisibility seem equally farfetched. This equation is for string field theorya theory that might unite the theory of relativity with quantum theory, into a unified theory called the theory of everything. Im the cofounder of string field theory, one of the main branches of.
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