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Michu Kaku: Hyperspace

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Post Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:31 am

Michu Kaku: Hyperspace

I am curious to ask wether anyone else had read this glorious book. i have tried to explain key parts of it to the infidels that surround me, but it is simply too complicated. i myself haven't finished the book yet (i have only just got to chapter 3), but there is so much knowledge in it. of course its only theory, but its great in maths class, where when the teacher says parralel lines must not touch, i can say well actually they do, and when they say there are only 180 degrees in a triangle, i can prove that there are more.

i wondered what his other books are like, has anyone read them.
if you think this might be a bit over the head of an average 14 year old, then your right, but thats an average 14 year old.

Post Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:41 pm

do you actually know what an infidel is?

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the path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and of the tryannys of evil men.blessed is he who, in the name of chariety and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brohers keeper and the finder of lost children. and i will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poisen and destroy my brothers. and you will know my name is the lord when i lay my vengeance upon thee

Post Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:17 am

hmmm yes, I think the word you were looking for was ignoramuses...

...and I'm sorry, but I haven't read that book.

Post Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:49 am

Its only theory, but in a maths class you can prove there are more?

Theories aren't actually factual you know, they are usually created to explain things that are observed by experimental results - or to explain unexpected results.
Alot of theories get disproved over time, although in the meantime they are "accepted".

If you really do go around your maths class trumpeting knowledge from a book you are reading - be warned... What you are taught is a generally accepted as understandable for the level you are at. They do not teach advanced chemistry or physics at high school - simply because people cannot understand it, and the same goes for mathematics (I can list many examples for Chemistry where you learn "simplified" versions (or wrong versions basically)).

Furthermore, wasting time disrupting the class because you have read a book isn't going to be constructive towards your exams, they will mark your answers as wrong because it is not the "accepted" method for your level.

Pay attention in class, don't disrupt it for an ego's sake or for "fun".

As for the book - Fraid I haven't read it - but you don't describe it at all either, so I personally am not finding it alluring.

Edited by - Mike G on 10/10/2005 1:49:53 AM

Post Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:43 am

You mean Michio Kaku, don't you? Not Michu.

Edited by - Indy11 on 10/10/2005 6:43:31 AM

Post Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:53 am

Well it is certainly interesting to know that you think that about my own learning, it may be interesting to point out that i am top of my year group at maths. This book is not basics, and certainly chemistry, it is only theory of chemistry. Mike (mr chips), you really should at least find out what this book is about before acusing me of disrupting learning.
This is a great book and i know it is all theory, but also most "convential" physics as only the most commonly adopted THEORY. I know that this is what i must know to do well in science and maths and other related subjects. i am not an idiot. e expect if i called this a fantasy story you would all recommend it. i know i am not taught higher level stuff, but there is a fact that maybe you should learn about me, i learn it anyway. To support this fact you may like to know that i will be going to london soon to compete against about 80 other 11 to 18 year olds to go to america to represent Britain, this is the final round of a national compitition.

Post Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:19 am

parallel lines that touch aren't parallel, theyre convergent. and could you prove that there are more than 180deg in a triangle? without just copying from the book, because I just read that part and I think its horsedung.

don't be too quick to junk the laws of natural mathematics at your age, they have a habit of coming up and getting you in the @ss. but if you really want, go ahead and apply the theory of this book in your maths exam, and see how well you do. I'm sure everyone will accept your explanation that your answers were too advanced for the examiner, that's why he failed you. Happens to lots of people everday! why, in my physics exam I proved that I could build a perpetual motion machine AND go faster than light AND produce cold fusion AND invent a time machine..

btw perpetuator, if you are so clever and mature as you claim, maybe you'll kindly go back and delete all those stupid posts in the other thread that i just locked, thus saving me the bother of having to. work out the maths of how long it will take me to clear up your puerile mess when i could be doing something far more constructive and enjoyable.



Edited by - .Tawakalna on 10/10/2005 8:39:07 AM

Post Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:25 am

wat losers. have any of you actually read the book?

I could explain it. yet it would take a long time, as your simple minds just wouldn't be able to cope with so much raw information.

Post Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:36 am

***This weeks pwnage-award goes to Taw!***

Post Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:37 am


at losers. have any of you actually read the book?

I could explain it. yet it would take a long time, as your simple minds just wouldn't be able to cope with so much raw information.


Try us.

You really should listen to those 'losers' above though. If you do stick by your belief that parallel lines touch you will fail high school maths or whatever you're taking. It's not just because it's complicated, but because it is a THEORY. As Mike said, theories are disproved all the time. Similarly, if you write about the Intelligent Creationism theory when asked about the origins of biological life, or the Strings theory regarding the structure of the universe, you will fail.

It's good to read around the subject, but don't get full of yourself. You need to learn the 'basics' as well.

Post Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:37 am

like the endless repetition of the word spam? a clear sign of the superior intellect, no doubt. and, incidentally, you can't spell very well, O Master of the Complex Mind. And your grammar is terrible.

Post Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:49 am

After looking at the recently locked "spam" filled thread, I'm presuming thats a big bye-bye to Mr Perp. Some kids, I just don't get 'em.

Post Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:55 am

It's only after you have learned this stuff that you would be able to understand the explanation, so I'm not going to attempt to explain it. You wouldn't understand the explanation. When you have learned the mathematics I am studying you will realize how useful it can be.

Most of what is called mathematics in the curriculum in the United States is essentially that subject as it existed at the end of the eighteenth century, therefore it is old and even though new theories have advanced, they are not taught. It is the same in the UK

Post Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:19 am

*you wouldnt understand the explanation*

yeh right, Einstein.

Post Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:27 am

@perpetuator, Spam a thread one more time like you did the welcome thread, I push for a ban of you. 35 Spam/v post is totaly uncalled for and way out of line for a forum poster. You have been here since the 4th of october and have a 153 post count, not any more.So no more.


Edited by - Finalday on 10/10/2005 9:28:24 AM

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