Table of Contents

Introduction
PART I: A THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE
Superstrings: A Theory of Everything?
The Quest for Unification
The Quantum Puzzle
The Riddle of Infinities
The Top Quark
PART II: SUPERSYMMETRY AND SUPERSTRINGS
The Birth of the Superstring Theory
Symmetry: The Missing Link
Supersymmetry
PART III: BEYOND THE FOURTH DIMENSION
Before the Big Bang
The Mystery of Dark Matter
Cosmic Strings
Journey to Another Dimension
Back to the Future
Beyond Einstein

About the Author

Michio Kaku is Professor of Theoretical physics at the City College of the City University of New York. He graduated from Harvard and received his PhD from Berkeley. OUP publishes two of his books already - Hyperspace (1994) and Quantum Field Theory: An Introduction (1993) - and he will publish his new book, Visions, with OUP in early 1998. Hyperspace was well received and has established Kaku's name as one of the
foremost popularizers of physics. The New York Times Book Review described it as `Among the best of its genre to appear in recent years'; the Independent said 'beautifully written, making difficult ideas seem accessible'. Both the Washington Post
and the New York Times selected the book as one of the best science books of the year.

His co-author, Jennifer Thompson, is a journalist who writes on science for publications including the New York Times.

Reviews

`he does a pretty decent job of explaining some of the truly mind-boggling ideas now being kicked around by physicists: eleven-dimensional superstrings, membranes in sub-sub-atomic space, mathematical super-symmetry ... But by managing to tie up all this heavy stuff to the real-life people who dream it up, Kaku and Thompson make it an absorbing read ... after reading this book, you should be able to impress your mates by having an opinion of your very
own.'
Robert Matthews, Focus