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Is our universe dying? Could there be other universes? In Parallel Worlds, world-renowned physicist and best-selling publisher Michio Kaku - an publisher who "has a knack for delivering the most ethereal ideas right down to globe" (Wall Avenue Journal) - will take listeners on a remarkable head to of cosmology, M-theory, and its own implications for the destiny of the universe. In his first reserve of physics since Hyperspace, Michio Kaku starts by describing the extraordinary advancements that have changed cosmology during the last century and particularly during the last decade, forcing scientists round the world to rethink our understanding of the birth of the universe and its own ultimate destiny. In Dr. Kaku's eye, we are residing in a golden years of physics, as new discoveries from the WMAP and COBE satellites and the Hubble space telescope have given us unprecedented pictures of your universe in its infancy. As astronomers wade through the avalanche of data from the WMAP satellite tv, a new cosmological picture is appearing. So far the best theory about the birth of the universe is the "inflationary universe theory", a major refinement on the top bang theory. With this theory our universe may be but one in a multiverse, floating such as a bubble in an infinite sea of bubble universes, with new universes being created on a regular basis. A parallel universe may hover a mere millimeter from our own. The very idea of parallel universes and the string theory that can clarify their existence was once viewed with suspicion by scientists, seen as the province of mystics, charlatans, and cranks. But today physicists overwhelmingly support string theory and its own latest iteration, M-theory, as it is this one theory that, if proven appropriate, would reconcile the four pushes of the universe simply and elegantly and answer fully the question "what happened before the big bang?" Already, Kaku points out, the world's most important physicists and astronomers are trying to find ways to check the theory of the multiverse using highly complex influx detectors, gravity lenses, satellites, and telescopes. The implications of M-theory are interesting and endless. If parallel worlds do exist, Kaku speculates, in time - perhaps a trillion years or even more from now, as appears likely - when our universe grows cold and dark in what scientists describe as a huge freeze, advanced civilizations may find a way to escape our universe in some sort of "interdimensional lifeboat". An unforgettable quest into black holes and time machines, alternative universes, and multidimensional space, Parallel Worlds gives us a powerful family portrait of the trend sweeping the world of cosmology.
