The God Equation

Resumen del libro

'A majestic story' David Bodanis, Financial Times From the international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible and Physics of the FutureThis is the story of a quest: to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated his life to seeking this elusive Holy Grail, a single, revolutionary 'god equation' which would tie all the forces in the universe together, yet never found it. Some of the greatest minds in physics took up the search, from Stephen Hawking to Brian Greene.

None have yet succeeded. In The God Equation, renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku takes the reader on a mind-bending ride through the twists and turns of this epic journey: a mystery that has fascinated him for most of his life. He guides us through the key debates in modern physics, from Newton's law of gravity via relativity and quantum mechanics to the latest developments in string theory.

It is a tale of dazzling breakthroughs and crushing dead ends, illuminated by Kaku's clarity, storytelling flair and infectious enthusiasm. The object of the quest is now within sight: we are closer than ever to achieving the most ambitious undertaking in the history of science. If successful, the Theory of Everything could simultaneously unlock the deepest mysteries of space and time, and fulfil that most ancient and basic of human desires - to understand the meaning of our lives.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Michio Kaku,x{0026}lt;/B nacido en 1947 en California, Estados Unidos, de padres japoneses, es un eminente físico teórico y uno de los creadores de la teoría de campos de cuerdas. Apadrinado por Edward Teller, que le ofreció la beca de ingeniería Hertz, se formó en Harvard y en el Laboratorio Nacional Lawrence Berkeley de la Universidad de California, donde obtuvo el doctorado en física en 1972. Desde hace casi treinta años ocupa la Cátedra Henry Semat de Física Teórica en la Universidad de Nueva York y es uno de los divulgadores científicos más conocidos del mundo; presenta dos programas de radio y participa en espacios de televisión y documentales. Es autor además de decenas de artículos y de varios libros, algunos de ellos traducidos al castellano: x{0026}lt;I El universo de Einsteinx{0026}lt;/I (2005), x{0026}lt;I Universos paralelos x{0026}lt;/I (2008), x{0026}lt;I Física de loimposiblex{0026}lt;/I (2009), x{0026}lt;I El futuro de nuestra mentex{0026}lt;/I (2014), x{0026}lt;I La física del futuro x{0026}lt;/I (2011), x{0026}lt;I El futuro de la humanidadx{0026}lt;/I (2018) y x{0026}lt;I La ecuación de Diosx{0026}lt;/I (2022).x{0026}lt;/P