The God Equation

Outline

The God Equation (2021) tells the story of physicists’ search for a single theory that could explain all the forces of nature, from gravity to the forces inside the atom. Michio Kaku traces this quest from Newton and Einstein to quantum mechanics and string theory, and explains why uniting these ideas is one of science’s greatest challenges. The book makes complex physics clear and exciting for general readers.

• Physicists have long searched for a single theory that could explain all the forces of nature, from gravity to the forces inside the atom.
• The quest runs from Newton and Einstein through quantum mechanics to modern string theory.
• Uniting these ideas into one theory is one of the greatest challenges in science.
• Complex physics can be explained clearly and made exciting for general readers who are not specialists.

Michio Kaku is an American theoretical physicist, professor at the City College of New York, and one of the world’s best-known popularisers of science. He is a co-founder of string field theory and a frequent guest on television and radio programmes about science. His bestselling books include Physics of the Impossible, Physics of the Future, The Future of Humanity, and The God Equation.