A review by celsius273
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension by Michio Kaku

Did not finish book.

DNF at chapter 10. It was a bit too dry and technical for me. While the chapter names were intriguing and there were interesting anecdotes in each chapter, it was still slightly too boring, even with the pictures, for me to read into and understand the developments of modern physics. There wasn't much holding it together, i.e. the book only follows the overthrow of each theory as its organizing structure. It also seemed to ramble on with analogies that weren't that great to follow, eg the wood vs marble and flatland comparisons. Though I'm sure that [a:Michio Kaku|18800|Michio Kaku|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1379758804p2/18800.jpg] is quite knowledgable about the theories mentioned in the book (as evidenced by his other books) I expected this book to be more in story form like [b:Flatterland|17033|Flatterland Like Flatland Only More So|Ian Stewart|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1435123847s/17033.jpg|18661] and thus easier to read. Overall, this book was just disappointing for me. I expected it to be a fun and informative telling of the evolution of dimensional theories but ended up getting a book that was difficult to read and closer to a paper than novel.