The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything

OMG,OMG,the best summary of world as we know it. I wish any of my science teachers at school have read this before even attempting to teach kids anything. I had bone dry teachers explaining math and equations without giving any substance as to why we needed to know or understand these things. This explained everything in such light and manageable fashion, going from very beginnings of scientific enquiries and how each step led to world as we know now, and even though some of the things went right over my head (math and science is not really my forte), it made me as curious as I was in year 7 at school, just having received my science textooks and pouring over them the entire sumer, just to be crushed by hard reality of what I was to learn the very first lessons I encountered with my teachers. Please, read it, you won't regret it!

Michio is a well known professor and can explain difficult parts of physics with simple examples and it is well perceived by ordinary people quite well. The story discribes the timeline for the discovery of God's equation to unify all physical powers with gravity. Mitchio is one of the inventors of the string theory which is magical for me. Still needs alot to clarify and work for, as a theory but it is one of the most promissing theories. Everything is a wave and all around us transmit pulses!. Buy the book, you will not regreted if you like physics for the ordinary people. It is not either bad to google some things that Mitchio mentions. Worth every penny for me! Cheers!

Kindle version is 201 pages across 7 chapters followed by Notes, Selected Reading and Index.Describes the quest for a Theory of Everything beginning with ancient philosophers, Newton, Maxwell etc., then into the Quantum Age with Dirac, Einstein etc, then to present day theories and beyondWell written, engaging style with many examples to aid understanding.If you like this book other authors you could read include Lawrence M. Krauss, Sean M. Carroll, Katie Mack, Carlo Rovelli.

As someone who has a 'passing' knowledge and understanding of physics, mainly through watching programmes such as Horizon etc, I found this to be well written for someone like me to understand.I have always enjoyed watching programmes presented by Michio Kaku. He has the ability to explain some pretty mind boggling physics, in a way that even I can grasp. This book is no exception. He leads you on a journey, laying out explantions of theories in a manageable form. On occasion, I did have to re-read a few pages to fully grasp some areas, but given the subject I didn't find it daunting and it did give the brain a good shake-out. :-)

Thoroughly enjoyed the book and how Michio positioned the historical context! Definitely worth reading if you are new to string theory!

I bought this book after hearing the author talking on TV. He is able to explain complex scientific principles in a simple way and the way he writes is absolutely fascinating. You can hear his passion for the subject seep out of every page. Well worth a read.

I could follow (sort of) up to the General Relativity. But when it comes to Quantum Theory I confess that, as a point of discipline, I read it all to the end but I confess I couldn’t understand a thing.

Great book as always by Dr Kaku , an excellent communicator in all his books . Gets the subject matter across with clarity and comprehension for the lay person . Recommended.....