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In parallel worlds, worldrenowned physicist and bestselling author michio kakuan author who has a knack for bringing the most ethereal ideas down to earth wall street journaltakes readers on a fascinating tour of cosmology, mtheory, and its implications for the fate of the universe. Goodreads members who liked the universe in a nutshell also lik. Stephen hawkings phenomenal, multimillioncopy bestseller, a brief history of time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world. 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. Michio kaku in his book parallel worlds doesnt let these portends cause any dismay as he provides plenty of ideas for dealing with and possibly escaping from a failing universe. Kaku considers climate change and terrorism as serious threats in mans evolution from a type 0 civilization to type 1. The science of alternative universes and our future in the cosmos by michio kaku 432pp, allen lane. Michio kaku explores how physicists may shrink the science of the big bang into an equation as small as einsteins emc2.