New Releases by Michio Kaku

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Inspired by the fantastic worlds of Star Trek, Star Wars, and Back to the Future, the renowned theoretical physicist and national bestselling author of The God Equation takes an informed, serious, and often surprising look at what our current understanding of the universe''s physical laws may permit in the near and distant future. Teleportation, time machines, force fields, and interstellar space ships—the stuff of science fiction or potentially attainable future technologies? Entertaining, informative, and imaginative, Physics of the Impossible probes the very limits of human ingenuity and scientific possibility.

¿Hay otras dimensiones más allá de las de nuestra experiencia cotidiana? ¿Hay puertas de acceso a universos paralelos? ¿Qué sucedió antes del primer día de la Creación? Este tipo de cuestiones están en el centro de la actividad científica actual. En efecto, muchos físicos creen hoy que existen otras dimensiones más allá de las cuatro de nuestro espacio-tiempo, y que puede alcanzarse una visión unificada de las diversas fuerzas de la naturaleza, si consideramos que todo lo que vemos a nuestro alrededor, desde los árboles hasta las estrellas, no son sino vibraciones en el hiperespacio. La teoría del hiperespacio –y su derivación más reciente, la teoría de supercuerdas– es el ojo de esta revolución. En este libro, Michio Kaku nos muestra un panorama fascinante, que cambia por completo nuestra visión del cosmos, y nos lleva a un deslumbrante viaje por nuevas dimensiones: agujeros de gusano que conectan universos paralelos, máquinas del tiempo, «universos bebé» y otras maravillas semejantes van surgiendo en unas páginas en las que todo se explica con una elegante sencillez y donde la formulación matemática es reemplazada por imaginativas ilustraciones que permiten visualizar los problemas. El resultado es un libro muy ameno y sorprendente, que incluso deja atrás las mayores fantasías de los viejos autores de ciencia ficción.

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O físico Michio Kaku - autor do bestseller internacional ''Hiperespaço'' - examina neste livro como as três revoluções científicas que marcaram o século XX - as revoluções quântica, molecular e informática - já estão transformando a maneira de viver do século XXI. Numa narrativa hábil, o autor reúne as pesquisas de alguns dos mais destacados cientistas da atualidade e apresenta uma estimulante viagem às tecnologias do futuro.

Uma odisséia cientifica através de universos paralelos, empenamentos do tempo e a décima dimensão. Em ''Hiperespaço'', Michio Kaku explica por que as leis da natureza se tornam mais simples e precisas quando expressas em um número maior de dimensões. Para muitos cientistas, a teoria do hiperespaço, que já inspirou milhares de artigos, desvendará as mais intrigantes questões de nosso tempo, como o que aconteceu antes do Big Bang, os buracos negros e os ''buracos de minhoca'', túneis que ligam partes distantes do espaço e tempo. Desde o sucesso mundial de Uma breve história do tempo, de Stephen Hawking, um livro de divulgação científica não provocava tantas discussões. Ao especular sobre os futuros possíveis da raça humana e o destino final do universo, Michio Kaku divide, com o leitor, o prazer de acompanhar as pesquisas de ponta e as mais importantes e espetaculares descobertas científicas.

Called by some "the theory of everything," superstrings may solve a problem which has eluded physicists for the past 50 years -- the final unification of the two great theories of the twentieth century, general relativity and quantum field theory. This is a course-tested comprehensive introductory graduate text on superstrings which stresses the most current areas of interest, not covered in other presentation, including: string field theory, multi loops, Teichmueller spaces, conformal field theory, and four-dimensional strings. The book begins with a simple discussion of point particle theory, and uses the Feynman path integral technique to unify the presentation of superstrings. Prerequisites are an aquaintance with quantum mechanics and relativity. This second edition has been revised and updated throughout.

Kaku examina en esta obra cmo afectarn al siglo prximo tres campos del conocimiento tecnocientfico que ya revolucionaron nuestro siglo: la revolucin cuntica, la biogentica y la informtica. Los lectores contemplarn un mundo ciberntico, en el que millones de los actuales microprocesadores, distribuidos por todo el planeta, sern sustituidos finalmente por numerosos ordenadores biolgicos y cunticos; como la descodificacin de la molcula de la herencia, el ADN, permitir vencer enfermedades devastadoras, derrotar cnceres al nivel molecular, sintetizar nuevas medicinas, hacer crecer nuevos rganos, alterar la herencia gentica y combatir el envejecimiento. Y finalmente, cmo la fsica cuntica perfeccionar nuevos mecanismos para dominar la energa csmica del Universo, desde mquinas moleculares hasta superimanes que harn posible una segunda revolucin industrial, o poderosos dispositivos basados en la fusin nuclear, que algn da transportarn a nuestros descendientes hasta otros sistemas planetarios.

What is superstring theory and why is it important? Can superstrings offer the fulfilment of Einstein''s lifelong dream of a Theory of Everything? Co-authored by one of the leading pioneers in superstrings, this book approaches these scientific questions, looking at the scientific research.

The rise of quantum electrodynamics (QED) made possible a number of excellent textbooks on quantum field theory in the 1960s. However, the rise of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and the Standard Model has made it urgent to have a fully modern textbook for the 1990s and beyond. Building on the foundation of QED, Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction presents a clear and comprehensive discussion of the gauge revolution and the theoretical and experimental evidence which makes the Standard Model the leading theory of subatomic phenomena. The book is divided into three parts: Part I, Fields and Renormalization, lays a solid foundation by presenting canonical quantization, Feynman rules and scattering matrices, and renormalization theory. Part II, Gauge Theory and the Standard Model, focuses on the Standard Model and discusses path integrals, gauge theory, spontaneous symmetry breaking, the renormalization group, and BPHZ quantization. Part III, Non-perturbative Methods and Unification, discusses more advanced methods which now form an essential part of field theory, such as critical phenomena, lattice gauge theory, instantons, supersymmetry, quantum gravity, supergravity, and superstrings.

Following on the foundations laid in his earlier book "Introduction to Superstrings", Professor Kaku discusses such topics as the classification of conformal string theories, the non-polynomial closed string field theory, matrix models, and topological field theory. The presentation of the material is self-contained, and several chapters review material expounded in the earlier book. This book provides students with an understanding of the main areas of current progress in string theory, placing the reader at the forefront of current research.

To Win a Nuclear War records as fully as we are likely to find what has gone on in the minds of American leaders and nuclear strategists on this awesome subject during these fateful forty years. It is an appalling story... This book compels us to re-think and re-write the history of the Cold War and the arms race."--From the foreword by Ramsey Clark, former Attorney General of the United States. To Win a Nuclear War provides a startling glimpse into secret U.S. plans to initiate a nuclear war from 1945 to the present. Based on recently declassified Top Secret documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, this book meticulously traces how U.S. policy makers in over a dozen episodes have threatened to initiate a nuclear attack. The book also documents the surprising reasons why the war plans were never carried out and discloses the deeper, hidden meaning of the Star Wars program.