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"Dear Social Anxiety Sufferers (Your Friends and Family),
Everyone has experienced fleeting anxiety in social situations. But perhaps your self-consciousness intensely insinuates itself into one or more important aspects of your everyday life. If so, you likely suffer from the agonizing pangs of social fear. Perhaps you dread meeting people, giving a speech, using a public restroom, eating in public, talking to your boss, or having your social skills or work observed or your competence assessed. Or perhaps you feel threatened in new social situations where you don't know the rules, avoid such situations altogether, or just want to escape. We all experience social anxiety a little differently yet we're all riding the same skittish horse.
When our social fears are intense and persistent, we have social anxiety disorder/social phobia (SA/SP - "sasp" for short). This means every day we're forced to confront the pain of being in the spotlight, evaluated, or being embarrassed by the very social situations we long to embrace. Socially we find ourselves on the periphery of life's dance, trying to follow the choreographed patterns and rhythm, but usually seeming to be one beat out of synch, zigging when we should zag. Often feeling like the butt of a cosmic joke, we see ourselves as the ball in a pinball machine, bouncing from bumper to bumper, missing targets, and always on the verge of "tilt." This is being diagonally-parked in a parallel universe.
Clinically too, having SA/SP puts us in another dimension. Even though SA/SP is the most common anxiety disorder and the third most common psychiatric disorder after depression and alcoholism, it's the least-diagnosed, least-widely understood, and most under-treated. Few mental health professionals are well-versed in the condition or its treatment even as the number of sufferers continues to increase.
Making our situation worse, most of us with SA/SP don't know we have a treatable disorder, that we're not "just shy," and that we can and need to get help. But even when we understand this, we're often reluctant to seek professional help because we're ashamed of the fear and worried that our complaints won't be taken seriously. Then, when we finally do muster the courage to do it, we're often hobbled by the very anxiety for which we seek help: Talking with and being evaluated by others. Together, these factors help keep this major health problem nearly invisible.
This comprehensive book was written to show you how you can:
*Significantly and effectively alleviate your SA/SP pain;
*Significantly improve your daily functioning; and
* Effectively work toward your potential.
You benefit from the uniqueness of my perspective. I'm both a social psychologist working in the areas of social and personal effectiveness, interpersonal and presentation skills, and anxiety management and someone who has struggled for 22 years to successfully overcome SA/SP. (I used to worry endlessly about what others might think about me and my not meeting their expectations.) As a result, I understand how it feels to be living- and working through this often-incapacitating disorder and where we SA/SPers need to specifically concentrate our efforts to improve our lives.
You benefit from my knowledge of SA/SPers' concerns, issues, and desires - the result of my two years of talking with and listening to SA/SPers online via lists, news groups, and chats. You benefit from my research, teaching, consulting, training, and coaching experience, as well as my association with professionals in the SA/SP trenches.
To make your SA/SP more understandable and amenable to change, this book provides you with not only the theories and salient research on its origin, triggers, and maintaining mechanisms, but also a broad range of standard and alternative clinical approaches, life strategies, motivational exercises, and empathy. And because I know from extensive experience that your having exercises just thrown at you isn't likely to help you empower yourself and succeed, this book takes you back to square-one. It gives you the psychological preparation you need to jump-start, enable, and maintain your recovery process.
Because we SA/SPers tend to have difficulties with clinicians, this book takes the mystery and risk out of locating and talking to them and guides you through the process: From initiating your search to surviving your first appointment. It tells you what to expect and how to prepare for it. Because we SA/SPers struggle with presenting ourselves socially (whether communicating, socializing, dating, or finding a job), this book addresses each significant life activity, breaks it down into sequential, digestible chunks so you can absorb, assimilate, and achieve it. And, because the Internet has great importance and value for SA/SPers as one of the few means of establishing relationships and comfortable communication we have, the book pinpoints the services and resources available for those with SA/SP.
Since how you think, feel, and behave determines how you interact with your environment (and conversely), this book focuses on your perceptions, emotions, beliefs, and self-presentation. Using real-life stories, typical problems, and their solutions, the user-friendly format takes you logically, incrementally, step-by-baby-step through the multiple-level processes of your recovery. Through concise explanations, thought questions, self-quizzes, and exercises, you systematically develop and apply your cognitive and behavioral strategies to achieve your recovery goals.
In this process you'll assess your social anxiety, determine where you're headed, how to get there, and how you'll know when you've arrived. You'll act as a scientist doing experiments. You'll learn, practice, and apply new skills that will constructively change the way you think about and cope with not only your SA/SP but also the world outside yourself. You'll see yourself make positive changes.
Using this book's clinically-proven methods, you can reduce your:
* anxiety and fear
* depression
* negative thinking
* anger
* loneliness
* procrastination
* shame and embarrassment
and increase your:
* motivation to make change
* confidence and self-esteem
* ability to handle stress
* initiating and maintaining conversations
* problem solving
* decision making
* expressing yourself appropriately
* patience
* listening to others
* social effectiveness
* dealing with criticism
* dating
* networking
* creating your own job and career opportunities
* understanding of social anxiety, yourself, and others.
However, just reading this book isn't likely to ameliorate your SA/SP any more than just watching others exercise will cause you to lose weight and tone your body (although awareness may provide important identification, hints, and hope).
The book's recovery program is action-oriented, requiring your active, committed, persistent participation in order for you to alter all those factors contributing to your SA/SP: Your automatic fear arousal, negative thoughts, mistaken beliefs and assumptions, unrealistic expectations, and counter-productive behaviors.
Note: As much as we all may wish it to be true, there is no finger-snapping, lamp-rubbing, "Shazaam!" magical solution to SA/SP. It took many factors interacting over many years to bring you to your present state. So recovery will not be instantaneous. But if you take the time to make the necessary structured effort toward recovery (whether that includes therapy, medication, or both), you will quickly begin to experience small but significant changes in your thoughts, feelings, and behavior - glimpsing what it'll be like "without SA/SP."
Customer Reviews:
Not impressed.......2006-11-03
I reviewed this book looking for material that would be helpful for patients who are suffering from social anxiety disorder. The book is poorly written, badly edited, and seems to go off topic many times in a seemingly effort to fill pages. It has some good information, but it would not be my first pick for seeking educational or support help.
Very useful!.......2006-03-18
Suited for the average person, this book contains information on profesional help via medications and therapies, non-professional support, and self-help assesment tools.
The cartoons in the book don't rise to the level of the text.
Great resource - demystify your experience of anxiety.......2005-11-16
The book contains a wide variety of information, ideas and suggestions about what social anxiety is, what causes it and what keeps it going. By choosing this book, you can be sure that you will be exposed to many angles of understanding social anxiety - from emotions, stress and negative self-talk to medication, food and nutrition.
The author writes with a respect for the reader, openly offering the information rather than shoving it down your throat as if it is the only truth.
Books like this one play an important role in liberating and affirming our human spirits by showing us that we are not alone and that in fact we share similar experiences despite our years of suffering in shame and isolation.
The author provides several interesting chapters on how to begin the recovery process by connecting with our motivation and decision-making power. The author then goes on to techniques for buffing up our social interaction capabilities, with the idea that if we strengthen our ability to talk, listen and present an image to others, that our social anxiety will be reduced.
If skill is your problem, then this area of the book can probably offer some serious steps forward. If, however, the idea of interacting with others is too painful or if your anxiety is more about your feelings than your skill level, then this book can be a great beginning for some more deeper work.
Solid Techniques.......2005-08-26
This book is different from most self-help books because it offers solid self-help techniques instead of just explaining the psychology and background behind the disorder. Author Dayhoff isn't just an observer of SA/SP, she's been there too. I would have rated this book a 5 because I actually improved after reading it, but I had to give it a 4 for two reasons: one, the book seems a bit disorganized so it's hard to retain all the information without constantly re-reading; and two, because she uses psychology terminology that you would not understand unless you had at least one course in General Psychology. But don't let that stop you from reading it if you suffer from SA/SP, because it really is helpful.
Anxiety Assistance.......2005-07-21
This book is very well written by a doctor who has suffered from anxiety for many years. The first few chapters really help you to understand how you got where you are today and creates a great foundation for the "self-help" sections to follow. Some sections of the book are a little more technical than I had anticipated, but one more time through it with some more coffee and you will get the message being presented. This review was written by the spouse of someone suffering from anxiety.
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- Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
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Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
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In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, bestselling author Michio Kaku takes us on a dizzying ride to explore black holes and time machines, multidimensional space and, most tantalizing of all, the possibility that parallel universes may lay alongside our own.
Kaku skillfully guides us through the latest innovations in string theory and its latest iteration, M-theory, which posits that our universe may be just one in an endless multiverse, a singular bubble floating in a sea of infinite bubble universes. If M-theory is proven correct, we may perhaps finally find answer to the question, “What happened before the big bang?” This is an exciting and unforgettable introduction into the new cutting-edge theories of physics and cosmology from one of the pre-eminent voices in the field.
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illustrating and entretaining.......2007-08-23
The book gives a understandable review for the curious layman of the exciting ideas in cosmology and correlated areas , like string theory
it is spiced with personal details about the scientist involved
All over it is a exciting expirience and a highly recomended book
Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos.......2007-08-16
This book is actually to be a Christmas gift, so I haven't opened it. It arrived very quickly and in good condition. Thank you for expediting it.
Great Introduction for the layman.......2007-08-12
I truly enjoyed this book. It covers very profound subjects in a manner that the average layman can understand. With this book, I had to read it in small bites. Each page was packed to thought provoking ideas. After reading a little, I wanted to just sit, think and reflect. It is good book to read with others. The ideas need to be discussed to be absorbed.
I enjoyed the cosmology, the string theory, M-theory, and the standard model. I had heard about them but I never knew much about them. The author lets you know which areas are hotly debated in the science world. Most books about this subject have too much math for me to work through.
The ending was a little too much.
It's A Possibility.......2007-08-02
Michio Kaku has created a scenario of possibilities in the evolution of this world. Kaku explores the potentials of parallel worlds and realities. In quantum physics anything is possible. Kudos for Kaku. Bettye Johnson, award-winning author, Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls.
Science Fiction.......2007-07-11
Kaku has an agreeable, engaging writing style that makes some of the more challenging physics and mathematics accessbile to the layman. Where I felt my interest waning, however, was in the section where he discusses at considerable length various exit strategies from the universe trillions of years from now when it will come to an end. A page (at most) would have sufficed to cover this scenario; instead he went on and on about the various possibilities for intelligent beings to escape from our universe into parallel worlds. The death of our universe is too distant an event for us to be expending too much brain power now on devising contingency plans.
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How many dimensions do you live in? Three? Maybe that's all your commonsense sense perception perceives, but there is growing and compelling evidence to suggest that we actually live in a universe of ten real dimensions. Kaku has written an extraordinarily lucid and thought-provoking exploration of the theoretical and empirical bases of a ten-dimensional universe and even goes so far as to discuss possible practical implications--such as being able to escape the collapse of the universe. Yikes. Highly Recommended.
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The first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the theory of 10-dimensional space. The theory of hyperspace, which Michio Kaku pioneered, may be the leading candidate for the Theory of Everything that Einstein spent the remaining years of his life searching for.
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Really loved this one.......2007-09-23
I'm not a scientist (I'm a classicist) and didn't even enjoy science in school at all. In fact until writers like Michael Behe, Heinz Pagels and Michio Kaku came along science was totally unapproachable for me. For a writer to take such incredibly complex information and present it, not only clearly and understandibly, but also enjoyably, one has to be uniquely gifted. Kaku and Behe can do this and remain my favorites. It's been years since I read this and to this day I can't forget it. So, here's my point. If you, like me, long to understand fascinating ideas that have always seemed incomprehensible, let Michio Kaku help you out. Get this one.
Getting A Handle On the Universe.......2007-08-03
Even though this book is over ten years old, it has paved the way to understanding a little bit more about this universe, prallel universes, ten dimensions and even time warps. Shades of Star Trek and Star Wars!
It's wonderful! Kaku stretches the mind and for a lay person an easy read.
Kaku gives a greater insight into quantum physics without the long equations. I recommend it. Bettye Johnson, award-winning author, Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls.
Excellent Intro to a Difficult but Fascinating Topic .......2007-06-19
This book has been around for more than a decade now, and while some of the material within is a bit dated, the general principles are very accessible through Kaku's writing style. I'd still highly recommend this book as a good introduction to string theory for the layman.
Once you finish Hyperspace, then I would recommend Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality and after that Lisa Randall's Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions. Of course, The Elegant Universe is a good intro as well, but your can rent the DVD.
No matter which other books you choose to read, Michio Kaku's Hyperspace is a necessity, because he mentions things you won't hear elsewhere.
Fascinating and challenging.......2007-05-13
Wow, this book was just plain fun to read. Better yet, it was not dumbed down in any way, yet it was completely understandable. This world of cutting-edge physics is not just interesting, but also important. It really makes one wonder what is possible if we can ever solve these last mysteries of physics. I particularly thought he explained higher dimensions well. It's a very difficult idea for us 3 dimensional beings to wrap our heads around, but he manages to give a thorough and convincing explaination. You won't regret buying this book, you'll blow right through it and be telling all your friends about the crazy things you learned about hyperspace.
A Good Book For An Intro To String Theory.......2007-04-27
Once again, Dr Kaku has produced an informative yet accessible book on modern physics. Although this isn't up to date on the latest developments in strings and M theory, the reader isn't likely to be looking for the latest technical findings and conjecture. If what you're seeking is an interesting and absorbing account of this intriguing but untested field, then this is probably the first book you should read on the subject. What makes string theory so fascinating is that it is following the same sequence as previous breakthroughs in physics: a concept is thought out, found to be mathematically consistent, a model is developed, and finally, testing confirms the model. String theory (M theory) has progresssed to the model stage, but we currently lack the technical means to test that model. But the fact that the numbers are in agreement makes it look promising.
Don't be concerned about the math, though. The book mentions some mathematicians and their contributions, but the reader isn't required to get out his pocket calculator to follow along. The book is 99% fact and science, in popular form, and about 1% interesting speculation on what the model implies, if it's accurate. And those implications are stunning: parallel universes, possibly infinite in number, with every conceivable permutation of reality, and many more beyond our comprehension.
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Sex, Drugs, Einstein & Elves: Sushi, Psychedelics, Parallel Universes and the Quest for Transcendence
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Intellectualizing ADD-style.......2007-08-16
This book is not a drug in itself. Any serious thought it generates will not be due to Pickover's examination of the topic in question, but by its mere mention. For example, he mentions that a general formula exists from which one can generate a modern best-selling novel. He even gives you several permutations of that formula and tips on using language in a way that will engage the reader. Fascinating stuff, right? Not really. Pulp novels are described as "formulaic" on a regular basis, thus implying that the existence of an underlying formula behind them is common knowledge. A true analysis of this concept would involve asking various permutations of the question: "what does this all mean?" Is it a good thing that most of what passes as literature these days can be reduced to a simple formula based on psychological smoke and mirrors? What does this say about the human condition? What does this say about literature in general... particularly the institution of a "modern novel? These are the sorts of questions that a truly great book would ask, given that subject.
Reading this feels like an immersion in Pickover's thought process. He jumps around all over the place (sometimes in mid-paragraph), covering all sorts of intellectual ground. The title really is no lie; there isn't much that ISN'T mentioned in this book. That said, it's completely useless to jump around like this if it does not result in any in-depth analysis. It's almost as if the auther is a kid in a mental candystore, jumping around and screaming "Oh, that looks yummy!" "Oh wow, that will be really delicious to eat!" However, he never truly eats and digests anything, instead going around and exicitedly nibbling on a lot of things. This book may well be useful to someone looking for interesting questions related to modern life, but it certainly doesn't say anything profound in itself. Although Pickover is certainly of above-average intelligence, this alone does not make him a "deep thinker" in any way, shape, or form. I recommend skipping this book and looking at something that might be a bit more narrow in its scope, but deeper. "Sex, Drugs, Einstein, and Elves" reeks of dillitantism.
the cosmos summed up.......2007-07-14
In Pickover's recent novel, he takes us for a journey to the farthest reaches of the cosmos all within our own consciousness. In a manner of prose that is insightful and humanistic, he flows seamlessly through subjects such as Language dynamics, Psychic exploration of altered states, quantum physics and the continued resonance felt by infamous physicists and literary giants. What is most compelling about Pickover's work is his sincere desire to fully unveil the many shrouds of reality using an incredible sense of curiosity and an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. He approaches each subject with the academic intensity of a scholar, yet he relates to the reader as an amateur (albeit, genius) autodidact.
One would do well to read Pickover's books if you are ready for a complete remake of your psychological and intellectual framework.
This book could be a drug itself.......2007-07-09
Just simply a fascinating read. I had my copy on the coffee table during a party, and one guest picked it up casually, and never put it down throughout the whole event.
This book is just a wildly ecclectic assortment of essays, but taken as a whole it is much more than that. I think it changed my view of the world.
A tapas bar for the mind.......2007-06-21
DO NOT MISS! There are more things pointed out in SDE&E than are dreamt of in ANYBODY's philosophy. SDE&E is the intellectual and imaginative equivalent of an evening at the world's most wonderful tapas bar, where everything on the menu is free (once you've cleared the cover charge by buying the book). If you like Rudy "Karl Tucker" Rucker, Vernor "Powers" Vinge, Gregory "Cosm" Benford, James "Connections" Burke, Douglas "Strange Loop" Hofstadter and/or Terry "SHRDLU" Winograd (not to mentions Proust and Joyce), then Clifford Pickover's the sentient entity for you! He'll be your spirit guide and trip-sitter through 3+1d (or is it 10+1d?) spacetime, the mind, infinity and beyond! This is your brain. This is your brain on Pickover. Any questions?
Expand your mind.......2007-03-22
As the title suggests, Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves presents the reader with a seemingly endless variety of topics that stimulate and expand the mind. Although it may seem overwhelming at first, the transitions between topics such as DMT, Proust, religion, reality, perception, and countless others are smooth and surprisingly relevant. It's brain candy.
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"Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense," writes physicist David Deutsch. In The Fabric of Reality, Deutsch traces what he considers the four main strands of scientific explanation: quantum theory, evolution, computation, and the theory of knowledge. "The four of them taken together form a coherent explanatory structure that is so far-reaching, and has come to encompass so much of our understanding of the world, that in my view it may already properly be called the first Theory of Everything." Deutsch covers some difficult material with unusual clarity. Each chapter ends with a summary and definitions of important terms, which makes the work an invaluable sourcebook.
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Quantum Theory and Multiple Universes.......2007-09-24
This is a difficult book. Deutsch, a British theoretical physicist, asks scientists to face up to the reality implied by the present fundamental theories of quantum physics and computation. He weaves these strands together with the theory of evolution and a lengthy discussion of epistemology to demonstrate that an improved understanding of the real world is to recognize it as a set of parallel universes. This "multiverse" reality has baffled scientists, who find quantum physics necessary but shy away from the implications for reality. Deutsch probes deeply into how we know anything, how science moves forward, and the reinforcing strands of computer information theory and quantum physics. While the conclusions are certainly counter-intuitive, his evidence is serious. However, the final two chapters will need reworking, as they are based on the assumption in 1997 that our universe would ultimately contract again into a "big crunch." Evidence is now persuasive that continued expansion is our fate, so that his "infinite knowledge" scenario in the final moments of the contracting universe will not occur. Nevertheless, Deutsch's analysis is compatible with those who believe that knowledge (information) is the ultimate reality. On the way, he explores the theoretical possibility of time travel (Possibilities: one way trips into the future, and round trips into the past only back to the time at which time travel technology is first deployed). Personally, I find the parallel universe conclusion hard to envision, but as an explanation of quantum physics it is certainly more straightforward than the unsatisfactory and labored interpretation of the "Copenhagen school."
Good Reading IF..........2007-07-22
IF you believe in the Multiverse AND
you believe in Evolution AND
you believe in Turing Machines
THEN
This book is really for you!
ELSE
Just an entertaining book by a Oxford guy who is very smart.
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Not Memorable.......2007-06-20
I read this book several years ago and find that I remember almost nothing that I would consider I learned from it directly. Much of the material within has been more capably addressed by folks like Michio kaku, Brian Greene and Lisa Randall. The parallel universes theory has more physical support than some reviewers might think, but the WAY it actually affects our world is up to speculation. I would highly suggest an interested reader go for Lisa Randall's Warped Passages instead.
On the quixotic quest for a theory of everything.......2007-04-05
For the last twenty years of his life, Albert Einstein labored away at Princeton's Advanced Institute attempting to unify quantum mechanics with relativity.
And the same reason that he was unsuccessful will be the same reason that the CERN hadron collider in Switzerland will help to disprove the efficacy of string theory...because an objective reality does not exist.
The first problem in relation to the estalishment of a truly empirical science is solopism. As noted by Deutsch in his book, solopism exists where an individual accept the reality of anything not generated within his own mind. Best stated by Descartes as "cognito ergo sum" "I think therefore I am" operates to refute all evidence generated by even the senses even they only secondarily filter into the brain.
In other words, the first act of observation is a belief in the power of observation. This human ability to believe sometimes does and sometimes does not result in various degrees of observer bias. In fact, many great scientific revolutions can be characterized by virtue of the fact that they overturned basic evolutionary psychology assumptions about the way things work such:
The Copernican revolution which reversed the view that the sun revolves around the Earth.
The Darwinian revolution which overturned the view that animals of discrete species have discrete speciesness to them unlike any other species. In its extreme form this view posited that all animals in existence always existed.
The astonishing hypothesis of Francis Crick which observes that all conscious experience is the product of discrete interactions between neurons and ganglia. This notion itself revisted the previous Descartes notion of body/soul duality.
The idea that some understanding has been in relation to quantifying human observer bias by no means can be said to have resulted in its elimination.
Having dealt with observer bias, the cutting edge of science has been blunted by various information limiting discoveries that propogate reductively through the assorted disciplines.
In quantum mechanics for example, we cannot know both a particle's speed and its location.
In relatively, there is no objective now because Einsteinian time warps with the space it exists in a phenomenon that of course is different for locationally different observers.
In life sciences, natural selection has no plan but moves forward choatically based on a myriad of influences from the biosphere as well periodic influences (most dramatically meteorites) from the exosphere.
In cognition, findings by Kurt Godel and Alan Turing in turns have shown that even application of consistent formal systems is necessarily incomplete but still capable of producing something like an independent intelligence. Indeed, an understanding of the uniquely limited nature of human cognition leads us back to our predicate inquiry concerning observer bias. As Harvard's Steven Pinker pointed out in How the Mind Works, we hit reality at an obligue angle.
And like using a ruler to measure the circumference of a bowling ball, we are limited by our very beings in how we access reality by virtue of ourselves and our tools.
So when one reads a book such as this or Ed Wilson's Consilience or anyone's take on a theory of everything, one cannot help but remember Albert Einstein, the theory of everything's ultimate Sir Gawain who quested but never obtained his Holy Grail.
whole > parts.......2007-01-30
This is a highly stimulating book but, depending on one's expectations, it can be frustrating as well (as can be seen in some previous reviews). Most scientific writing is designed to popularize technical insights &/or make them more accessible. Deutsch may somewhat share that goal but, to a much greater extent, he is trying to make a more ambitious case to the scientifically literate public. He isn't trying to popularize known insights, but to weave together a broader and more compelling theoretical framework.
There is an extensive tradition of 'theories of everything' in physics, but they are still theories of physics. They will concern the integration of relativity and quantum mechanics, or the formulation of a more fundamental theory such as chromodynamics or string (M) theory. But Deutsch is trying to articulate a full-fledged theory of scientific convergence. As a quantum computer scientist, he is well aware about how physics provides new insights into computation, and vice versa. But by adding the topics of biological evolution (Darwin/Dawkins) and epistemology (Popper), and exploring how quantum computation helps illuminate those theories, and vice versa, he is pushing the horizon of scientific understanding.
Any one of his theoretical `strands' can be fairly criticized. He tends, for example, to stipulate the existence of a multiverse, rather than weigh the evidence supporting that interpretation (such as, for example, Julian Barbour does in The End of Time). In computer science, he moves too quickly in asserting (again without a full assessment) that the Turing Principle should be regarded as applying primarily to the creation of virtual reality (rather than just computation). Other than highlighting the computational component, he adds little in the discussion of evolution. And, finally, his discussion of epistemology, which is strong and well integrated with the other strands (e.g., a focus on the evolution of knowledge), is made to substitute for a more complete psychological and sociological understanding of the emergence of knowledge. Thus, overall, Deutsch inadvertently gives ample targets to his critics.
So, if you want an overview of settled knowledge, you should find another source. However, in a deeper sense, Deutsch is practicing his epistemology. As a Popperian, he believes that scientific progress is achieved through a process of conjecture and refutation. Accordingly, he does not try to ground and justify each assertion. He expects that to be accomplished through the larger scientific process of isolating and testing this overall conceptual framework. Rather, he is trying to sketch the broad outlines of an encompassing theory that can reinforce and strengthen each of its theoretical components.
In addition, and this is vital, he fully recognizes the importance of emergence in nature and history. He gives credit to the achievements of reductionist scientific strategies, but also understands and explains how and why such strategies will never suffice. Rather, they must work with a correlative strategy of identifying and comprehending the process of emergence in all its various forms.
Deutsch's convergence theory as it stands is not complete, and may be weak in spots, but it is certainly the most promising theory of scientific convergence of which I am aware. This contribution would seem to be a sufficient basis for highly recommending The Fabric of Reality.
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The concept of multiple unperceived dimensions in the universe is one of the hottest topics in contemporary physics. It is essential to current attempts to explain gravity and the underlying structure of the universe. The Great Beyond begins with Einstein’s famous quarrel with Heisenberg and Bohr, whose theories of uncertainty threatened the order Einstein believed was essential to the universe, and it was his rejection of uncertainty that drove him to ponder the existence of a fifth dimension. Beginning with this famous disagreement and culminating with an explanation of the newest "brane" approach, author Paul Halpern shows how current debates about the nature of reality began as age-old controversies, and addresses how the possibility of higher dimensions has influenced culture over the past one hundred years.
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The fundamental conundrum in physics today is the incompatibility of Einstein's theory of general relativity with quantum mechanics. To bridge the gap between the two theories, a number of physicists have posited novel solutions involving hyperspace dimensions beyond the four that we can perceive and, most recently, branes, or membranes that exist in the fifth dimension and beyond. This lively account describes, in plain language, the history of hyperspace theory.
Customer Reviews:
History of Multidimensional Theories.......2006-09-14
This is a book about the history of multidimensional theories. The focus of the book is not on the theories themselves, but on how they developed. It is very well written. It is entertaining, and has good rhythm. It was not what I expected, but anyway I enjoyed the book.
Curiously, the best part of the book, in my opinion, is the one that is farthest from the own subject of the book, where the development of the Relativity and Quantum theories are explained, in the context of multidimensional theories. It is just close to having five stars, but I think that the last part of the book is weaker; too many names, in comparison with the excellent first two thirds of the book, where a hard selection of scientists is done.
Big disappointment.......2006-07-28
I just bought this book and I have to be honest that it really disappointed me. All the material inside is already known and has been explained from some other book like "Hyperspace" by Michio Kaku. The book just repeats some fact about kaluza-klein, flatlanders, mobius strip, supergravity or relativity theory of Einstein. It does not even consider explaining in detail the latest advancement in theoretical physics that explore the possibility of higher dimension or theory of everything as its title would suggest.
If you are looking for some introduction to popular science of space-time, matter and the universe in general, MAYBE this book will be suitable for you (even though I would advice you to get it from another book such as "Hyperspace" or "Parallel Worlds" by Michio Kaku). But if you are looking for some "advance" information in these area or the latest information in theoretical physics concerning the development of the Superstring, M-Theory, Brane Worlds and so on, this book is definitely NOT for you.
Out of this world. And that one. And that one........2006-04-02
I don't know about you, but I'm getting freaked out. It's this new theory of parallel worlds. Imagine: infinite universes out there, many of them with near identical copies of you. They say every possible outcome in your life will occur in another universe.
So, you're a dismal failure who never achieved anything. Don't fret. In a parallel universe, you might be drinking expensive champagne on your yacht and talking shop with Donald Trump.
So, your wife ran off with your brother and took the truck and the dog to boot. Take heart. One universe over, the shrew is serving you drinks and vacuuming floors in your palatial estate. Your dog watches over your fleet of trucks and your brother is in prison.
So, the Red Sox finally win a World Series after 86 years of heartbreak. It's been year after year of thwarted hopes, for as long as you can remember. But somewhere in the multiverse, the Sox have won so many championships, it's sickening.
Every possible outcome. Those horrible mistakes you made here never happened there. You ate right, exercised and took vitamins every day in some other universe. You are buff and not ashamed to take your shirt off on the beach in another dimension.
The multiverse has its privileges. And it is scientists who claim it as fact, not tabloid writers drunk on cheap wine. To account for errors in the math of quantum physics, some say the existence of multiple universes is the only possible solution.
"The Great Beyond" was one of several books I read on the subject during a recent quantum binge. Halpern writes with a style that will be appreciated by non-PhDs like myself. He uses analogy and visuals to bring his ideas home. He explains the science calmly, without the hysterical, desperate lunge toward the theory of everything so many other physicists succumb to. By the time you read the last page, you'll be wondering what other versions of you are doing in other worlds.
So really, man. It's time to relax. String theory dictates that our time here is really not that important. We're just an insignificant speck in an infinitesimal bubble in the froth of a sea of universes. Stop hollering and worrying all the time. Chill out and let some other you do all the heavy lifting.
I'm getting carried away. I know I am. People who don't absolutely love books like "Parallel Worlds" back slowly away from me when I start talking about the multiverse. My wife doesn't allow words like singularity or participatory anthropic principal around the house. Not in this world, anyway.
-- Mark LaFlamme, author of "The Pink Room," about, what else? A leading physicist who attempts to use the science of string theory to bring his daughter back from the dead.
Elegant explanation of the theory of relativity.......2006-01-04
The physic community was confident with Einstein's theory of relativity.
Contributions and foundations for relativity:
Gauss provided the matrix rotation mathematics.
Reimannian Geometry provided a more flexible structure called a manifold. A manifold is a collection of points each characterized by a set of coordinates. If the manifold is two or three dimension then each point may have two or three coordinates. Manifolds described the notion of curvature and embedding. Einstein was able to construct a four-dimensional model of the theory of relativity.
William Clifford wondered if he use non-Euclidean geometry and higher dimensions expressed in terms of his matrix algebra and encompass both the physical and mathematical world.
Stringham's hypercube demonstrated the possibility of four-dimensional objects: 1. a point moving out from a point into space forms a line 2. A line segment parallel to itself with same length form a square. 3. Moving the square in similar manner produce a cube.
Maxwell turned his attention to electricity and magnetism. Maxwell thought about Faraday observations charges, currents, and magnetic dipoles. Maxwell set out to create a mathematical language to explain Faraday's experimental discoveries. Maxwell applied the theories of hydrodynamics of water to the structure of electric fields and the result was a technique describing magnetic fields as electric fields. Maxwell's field theory replaced Newton's force theory. Maxwell's four equations explained the how electric and magnetic fields affect each other and how electric currents produce magnetic fields. Maxwell discovered electromagnetic waves produced from electric and magnetic fields travel at the speed of light. Maxwell arrived at the conclusion that light was an electromagnetic wave.
Newtons law of motion required that the speed that an object appears to move depends on the speed of the person doing the observing. In 1887, Michaelson and Morely built a device to measure the speed of light over exactly same distances, oriented perpendicular to each other taking advantage of the speed of the earth moving through space. The discovery was that the light velocities were identical, no difference in the speed of light.
Einstein's theory of relativity did not sacrifice the constancy of light speed nor the notion that light speeds are relative. Time dilation stats that the faster the observer travels, as they approach the speed of light, the slower their clocks move relative to those set on the ground. Special relativistic effect suggests a spaceship traveling close to the speed of light might seem 30 yards long for those on board, but only 10 yards long according to someone on earth.
Minkowski rewrote the equations of special relativity into four dimensions in an amalgamation called space-time manifold, also known as the continuum. The space-time continuum includes everything that has ever happened or will ever happen through eternity. The basic units of relativity are events and each event represents the location and time of a physical occurrence (x,y,z,t) Minokowski reduced Maxwell's four equations into one called the electromagnetic field tensor described in a four by array. The entire spectrum of light and the full scope of electricity and magnetism are all expressed in the equation. Einstein began too ponder the role of four-dimensional geometries in helping to expand special relativity into a comprehensive theory of dynamics and Einstein came to realize he need to employ the power of higher mathematics. The general theory of relativity is extraordinarily elegant set of equations that describe gravity by relating the mass and energy in any region of the universe to the structure of space-time in that sector. Stress energy tensor describes the material properties at a certain point and the Einstein curvature tensor conveys information about the geometry of the space-time at the same location. Trajectory through space-time has different outcomes "space-time tells matter how to move and matter tells space-time how to curve".
Einstein rejected Weyl non-Riemannian rewrite of the theory of relativity because Weyl injected a gauge term into the metric of the theory of relativity. Einstein found these variations in length and time scales troublesome and unphysical. Kuluza became acquainted with Weyl.
Kuluza came to a startling conclusion that he could discover Maxwell's equations if he extended Einstein's theory of relativity to the fifth dimension. Einstein initially rejected Kuluza fifth dimension because it lack physical proof.
Einstein considered Klein to be brilliant and began pondering the possibility and acceptance of Klein/Kuluza five dimensional Universes. The particle accelerator has revealed more subatomic particles and the current M-model uses String theory and 11-dimension higher dimensional mathematics to explain the Universe. 3D space is called the 3-Brane. Between the 3-Brane and another 3-Brane spans a four dimensional space called the Bulk. In the bulk there are compactified regions called the Calabi Yau strings all twisted and beyond all possible detection. The Calabi Yau sector house symetries of the standard particle model. There are 6 Calabi Yau strings in the 3-brane; open string attach to the 3-brane; close strings are allowed to move freely through the Bulk; and Gavitons, the carriers of gravity are model by closed strings.
As Good As Elegant.......2005-09-07
If you like Brian Greene's `The Elegant Universe,' you should like this book too. Both books are very comparable in coverage and readability. While Greene's occupies 448 pages, Halpern's does it in 326 pages. Main differences between them are in the compassion toward and the coverage thoroughness of inspiring/taunting and for/against views, persons and incidents. In these respects, I enjoyed reading Halpern's more. Greene tends to write like a story of `String Theory & Einstein;' thus omitting a lot of views, persons and incidents that were or have been inspiring/taunting and for/against Einstein and/or string theorists. Those omitted by Greene; for examples, how Einstein came to think seriously about the four-dimensional space-time approach developed by Hermann Minokowski, and how several other scientists (in spite of Einstein) followed Kaluza-Klein theory in adding the fifth and more dimensions; are well covered in Halpern's − together with the `flesh & blood' stories of persons involved and their plights during Nazi's tyranny − even of Einstein. Compassionately, Halpern tells stories of Edwin Abbott Abbott, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Valentine Bargmann, Peter Bergmann, Niels Bohr, Louis de Broglie, Charlie Chaplin, William Klingdon Clifford, Eugene Cremmer, Stanley Deser, Bryce Seligman DeWitt, Savas Dimopoulos, Paul Dirac, Georgi (Gia) Dvali, Arthur Eddington, Paul Ehrenfest, Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, Abraham Flexner, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Murray Gell-Mann, Howard Georgi, Sheldon Glashow, Michael Green, Werner Heisenberg, David Hilbert, Charles Howard Hinton, Banesh Hoffmann, Pascual Jordan, Bernard Julia, Theodor Franz Eduard Kaluza, Immanuel Kant, Oskar Benjamin Klein, Hendrik Kramers, Hendrik Lorentz, James Clerk Maxwell, Walther Mayer, Hermann Minokowski, Gunnar Nordström, Wolfgang Pauli, Lisa Randall, Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann, Abdus Salam, Joël Scherk, Erwin Schrödinger, John Schwarz, Julian Schwinger, Raman Sundrum, Richard Tolman, Steven Weinberg, H.G. Wells, Hermann Weyl, John Wheeler, Edward Witten, Chen Ning (Frank) Yang, Hideki Yukawa, Johann Zöllner, etc. Having gone through similar `publish or perish' experience, though likely in a much less fierce arena, I can imagine their - like stated by Einstein − "the years of anxious searching in the dark, with their intense longing, their alternations of confidence and exhaustion, and final emergence into the light." Ironically, Halpern even covers the first and second superstring revolutions better than Greene. But one should not overlook the fact that Halpern, writing after, had about five years to improve on Green's. Another major difference between these two books, that one may pick up as a criticism against Halpern's, is in the explicit mentioning of the successes of string theory, so far. Rather explicitly, Greene claims successes of string theory in: solving the conflict between Einstein's general relativity and quantum mechanics, settling that the fabric of space can tear, solving a central puzzle concerning Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of black holes, and rationally modifying the conclusions of cosmic origins. But, my guess is that Halpern - unlike Greene - apparently belonging to an impartial party needs not feel obliged to try hard to sell the product, string theory.
Customer Reviews:
At last someone who makes sense of it all........2005-01-12
This book breaks the ice for readers who don't want to be buried in quantum mechanics, but want to know how parallel universes actually do exist. You've felt it. You know they're out there. If you really want to know what is on the other side, and how that has affected earth and will affect its future, you need to read The Ark of Millions of Years. Picks up where Dr. Wolf left off.
The Reality of Parallel Universes.......2004-04-13
Did you ever wonder HOW you receive warnings about events in the "future" that turn around and actually happen? Did you ever receive information in your dreams where the answers to a problem you were trying to figure out are given to you in complete detail? Such is the reality of parallel lives, and parallel universes.
We do not inhabit the ONLY Universe in our cosmos. Fred Alan Wolfe brings great insight into parallel universes, and parallel lives, spacetime, black holes, and, clashing waves of time, as well as the parallel "you" that does communicate with you in the life you live here and now.
All is simultaneous in the universal realm, where it is always "now." This book will bring you much insight, answers, and can help you ask questions so you can gain a greater understanding of your life that currently exists in another dimension while simultaneously existing in this one on Earth.
Highly recommended to gain greater wisdom.
Barbara Rose, author of, `Individual Power' and `If God Was Like Man'
Paradox of Parallel Universes.......2004-01-06
This is a difficult subject to comprehend and the author does not help the reader to make it any easier: He not only confuses the reader but also makes it boring by repetition, innumerable references to; fiction, TV shows and other literature that is not directly related to physics. Although the book is free of physics and mathematics, the author could have spent few chapters to concentrate on the physics of parallel universes in layman's language to make the reader understand the physical principles on which physicists want us to believe in parallel universes. The book is described in six parts related to quantum physics, relativity, cosmology, time and parallel universe, understanding of our universe (with parallel universes) and psychology. The idea of parallel universe was first conceived by Hugh Everett III in 1957; his accounting of the famous double-slit experiment and wave particle duality is that since wave is not real but it is probability wave or quantum wave function that may be associated with two particles (in two universes) and not one particle (in one universe).
The author could have hammered on topics such as Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (UP), the Observer Effect (Schrödinger's Cat, Wigner's Friend, EPR Paradox) on split and collapse of quantum wave function, antimatter, blackholes (Einstein-Rosen Bridge), invisibility of time, and better explanation of quantum mechanics and theory of relativity (both support the existence of parallel universes) in few short chapters and stay focused on the topic without wandering to fiction or other narratives. This would have helped a reader in understanding the concepts better. It is clear from this observation that the reader is not deprived of anything if he/she chooses not to own this book.
Can you say "D-U-M-B-E-D D-O-W-N"?.......2002-04-29
I'm not surprised people are complaining there are no illustrations here. Perhaps it should come with pictures you can color in yourself and a complementary box of crayons. If we assume, however, for the sake of argument, that this is intended as a children's book, it is nevertheless a very poor children's book. (Very many authors, among them Lewis Carroll, E. B. White, and C. S. Lewis, have shown that it is possible to write for children and still write supremely well.)
Definitely worth a read!.......2002-04-28
I did find that this book somewhat repetitive, as Mr. Wolf tended to "over-explain" aspects of the theories presented in "Parallel Universes: The Search for Other Worlds". However, I strongly suspect that this quandary had more to do with the Touchstone/Simon & Schuster editor's own lack in grasping of the subject matter, resulting in virtually a word-for-word transcription of the entire original manuscript into the final book form.
Considering this likelihood, this book is a true gem! For anyone interested in science and all possibilities, it is well worth a read by both the novice and the well educated. Many books are available on quantum physics, space, time as the fourth dimension, etc. To date, though, this is the only book I have been able to find that puts all of these theories into a veritable nutshell. It delves not only into possibilities, but also probabilities, which include aspects of every major discovery in physics, astronomy, and mathematics since the time of Pythagoras.
It is not a book for the faint of heart, who are secure in their understanding of their every day "reality". It is, instead, for those who intuitively know that there's something more to what we perceive as reality, more than the eye can see. Sorry, there aren't any illustrations for those needing visual aids. Mr. Wolf mentions in here that one needs an imagination to be a good scientist and I happen to agree (I am not scientifically inclined, nor mathematically for that matter, but I have always had a good imagination). The problem with attempting to provide diagrams and illustrations for the topic being covered in "Parallel Universes" is that you can't draw a fourth dimension on a piece of paper.
I regard Fred Alan Wolf's book as a wonderful work of science and poetry; the observer and the observed being one and the same; the fourth dimension of time broadening our understanding of the world around us, including the one most of us can't "see". Read it and find out just how close we are to solving the eternal question, "Is this all that there is?"
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Dr. Shelley Kaehr is known for her work in past life regression and future progressions and after a successful experiment of taking clients into parallel universes, she summarized her findings in her book Beyond Reality: Evidence of Parallel Universes. Her work has been endorsed by such notables as Gregg Braden, Raymond Moody, M.D. and Dr. Brian Weiss, author of Many Lives,Many Masters who calls her work, "An important new contribution to the field of regression therapy." Shelley is known for taking live audiences through powerful guided imagery journeys and in this book you will read some of the most memorable case studies from clients who traveled into alternate states of reality and discover how quantum physics affects your daily life.
The book also discusses how you can reshape reality to heal body, mind and spirit, and why the inner world affects outer reality, and how you can alter your perception of reality to create the life you truly want to live while bringing the fundamentals of quantum physics into your daily life.
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Will help you get started with this topic.......2006-12-29
Relying primarily on her own and clients' experiences, the author gets you interested in parallel universes and also provides guidance in contacting these universes in your own life.
The author, Shelley Kaehr, is well known for her expertise in many areas of metaphysics, and this book shows it. Like her books on using stones and gems, Cayce's readings about the use of stones and gems, energy healing, huna, and looks at past and future lives, this is a small, but powerful book that can start your thinking juices flowing.
Great read and thought provoking.......2006-12-28
As with hypnosis one needs a level of intelligence to utilize and understand what the author's intent is for this book. If I weren't giving this review I would say to potential buyers "buy the book now, you are your reality"
As for my reality the book parallels my experiences and piques my curiosity to explore more and I believe that is the intent of the author. This isn't a how to book or a teaching manual but a simple book to excite the reader into exploring their realities and beyond. I am intensely excited about the prospect of meeting my Doppelganger.
Overall a great read on a evening by the fire.
"Beyond Reality' - an apropos title.......2005-12-16
This book is a piece of literary trash. At 5 inches by 7 inches and 130 pages of size 12 type, it can be read in an evening. But what a waste of an evening! It contains nothing more than anecdotal stories from grade c sci-fi movies. No facts or scientific discussion-just a lot of BS falderal. No wonder there are NO recommendations by her peers. The reader would be much better off reading Wolfe or another genuine author.
Another Lousy Marketing Effort.......2005-04-15
This book has been out for a few months now and I've yet to find any reviews on it. Meanwhile, I can't understand why the editorial description of this book is so inadequate. Is the publisher even remotely interested in selling this book? I'd find it helpful if there were some excerpts published... something to give me a clearer idea of what I'd be buying.
That being said, I'd really like to buy this book. I've heard the author on "Coast to Coast AM with George Noory" and she's quite interesting. However, if I don't see a better description or some reviews, I'm not ordering it. Surely the author of this book must have some friends or colleagues that could write a review here and provide a better description of the book's contents.
Can some kindhearted soul out there give the author a hand and get the information out there?
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J.T. Whitman tells a unique story about people who get caught by a rare natural phenomenon—a straight lightning bolt. These straight bolts propel bystanders back in time. What would you do if you suddenly found yourself back in time? This action-packed novel describes the lives of three individuals with different motivations for wanting to change their lives the second time around. Wyatt Coleman is transported from 1999 back to 1970 and wants to know why. Jennifer Tomas is pulled from her spoiled lifestyle in 1992 and is forced to change it in 1968. Elisaio Munoz has just been released from prison in 1991, and is overcome with power and greed upon his return to 1984. Learn how these three people change the future.
Customer Reviews:
STR8 BOLT.......2007-07-10
From the time I got about a third in to the book, I simply could not put it down. I really enjoy stories involving time travel and the book seemed to have familiar character traits, locations, and situations that appeal to a broad range of people. I think this story would make a great movie and I am really looking forward to the sequel.
Loved the book!.......2007-07-09
I read the book because I know the author, however to my surprise the book
greatly surpassed my expectations. My book club read it as one of our monthly selections and everyone truely enjoyed this unique story. We can't wait to read his next book when it is completed.
About Str8 Bolt.......2007-04-20
I really enjoyed the book and stayed up till 4:30 A.M. this morning (February 6th) to finish it! I truly love time travel stories and this book was an eye-opener! The consistency of the characters and the time references were done very well and the writing was superb!! The only thing that was wrong was all the grammatical errors (misspelled words)and language consistency, for example:"Buenas nochas" instead of "Buenas noches" and other misspelled words in Spanish throughout the book. It looked a bit like it was rushed and not proof-read! Otherwise, I immensely enjoyed the book and can't wait till the sequels come out!!!
STR8 BOLT.......2006-11-18
This is one book that is hard to put down. I have lived in Southern California all my life and could invision most of the locations mentioned in this book. The way the author describes the characters is marvelous. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has wanted to go back in time and change the way something happened or didn't happen to them. Can't wait to see the movie that will be made from this book.
STR8 BOLT.......2006-08-16
From the time I picked this one up I could not put it down. At 192 pages, easily read in your spare time over a weekend. Excellent plot and character development. All can indentify with the premise of going back & reliving those key turning points in our lives, with fore-knowledge, to change the outcome. Hopefully for the better :)
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Best cartoon book of the 80's.......1998-12-09
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