Physics of the Impossible - Michio Kaku

Reviewer Note:

I was initially hesitant to pick this book up because it had ‘Physics’ in its title itself. Like the majority of the public, even I find physics to be boring majorly because even I don’t understand it. However, from the first chapter itself, it was clear that you don’t need a very high understanding of Physics to enjoy this book. The author has taken clear of the Physics dilemma and used simple theoretical physics entities like Protons, Electrons, etc to explain his view. Where needed, he even explains the prerequired concepts to understand a topic. So don’t worry about your understanding of Physics when you pick this book up.

Book Review:

Michio Kaku is a Theoretical Physicist with an undergraduate degree in Physics from Harvard and a Doctoral degree from UC Berkeley. In this book, he has discussed various physics problems and concepts and how they are or can or cannot be implemented in the real life.

Like a perfect Star Trek Geek, Kaku is seen referencing the movie and its scenes throughout the book. He has covered a lot of concepts used in movies like Teleportation, Mind Reading, Communication with Aliens, and tons of other topics and discussed how they can be implemented in real-time.

Kaku starts by introducing a fictional concept, explains the physics behind it, and then goes on to describe where the current research (as of when the book was published) is concerning that piece of technology.

He even goes into details in which direction the research must head for these concepts to turn into realities. He even specifies a timeline as to by when can these concepts be considered commonplace.

Being an Engineer and someone who enjoys fictional movie concepts mentioned in Marvel and Star Trek, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It shared so many insights about how things can actually be implemented.

If, like me, even your a Geek about pieces of technology used in movies, do check this book out. I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading it.

Happy Reading.