Getting a grip on the creation and ultimate fate of the universe is one of the great scientific stories of the twentieth century. In the twenty-first, the story is expanding to enfold many universes. Michio Kaku's dazzling book tells that new story. Using the latest astronomical data, he explores the Big Bang, theories of everything, and our cosmic future. His wonderfully clear scientific account leads to some mind-boggling speculations about the human implications of this story. Are we condemned to watch a single universe slowly run down, becoming a dark, cold wasteland? Or can we dream of escaping into one of many parallel universes, each born of a new Big Bang, or even existing in another dimension? Kaku shows how the new cosmology points to these and other astonishing possibilities.

加来道雄(Michio Kaku)博士，美籍日裔人，纽约城市大学研究生中心的理论物理学教授，世界著各物理学家、著名的科学畅销书作者。他的著作都广受赞誉，《构想未来》、《超越爱因斯坦和超空间》、《平行宇宙》，均被《纽约时报》和《华盛顿邮报》提名为当年的最佳科学读物之一。他主持着一档全美国联网的科学广播节目，还在《晓闻热线》、《60分钟》、《早安美国》以及《拉里·金直播在线》之类的全美国性电视节目中亮相。