Summary: The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything: Michio Kaku

By Campbell Scott

Warning! This is a summary book, not a replacement. 
Michio Kaku, renowned theoretical physicist and #1 New York Times bestselling author, shares the inside story of the greatest quest in all of science.
When Newton discovered the law of gravity, he unified the rules governing the heavens and the Earth. Since then, physicists cast newly discovered forces into even grander theories. The ultimate challenge arises as a monumental synthesis of the two remaining theories—quantum theory and relativity. 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. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scott Campbell
• Release date: Apr 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9791220297370

Campbell Scott

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Summary: The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything: Michio Kaku

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Introduction to the Final Theory

  A final theory in physics would boast of a single framework that would unify all of the cosmos' forces and account for everything from the gyrations of subatomic particles up through the movement of an expanding universe. With a single formula, a skilled physicist could derive all needed equations.   

  Prominent physicists across the wor

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  ld joined the quest, both in historic and modern times. 

Einstein's Dream

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  Einstein's unified field theory stood unfinished when Einstein died, his attempt at a theory of everything to read the mind of God. 

  Kaku, at age eight, wanted to contribute to what Einstein could not finish and is a co-founder of string theory in which tiny vibrating strings take center stage rather than atoms and their subatomic particles. 

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An Army of Critics

  String theory alone became plagued with problems: 

  No testable evidence. 

  String theory's likely infinite number of solutions predicts a hard-to-believe multiverse-- the landscape problem. 

  Nevertheless, string theory boasts a passionate yet controversial focus from the world's leading laboratories. 

Chapter 1: Unification--The Ancient Dream

  Questions Kaku says we need to answer: 

  Does the universe have a