Einstein’s Cosmos by Michio Kaku, Weidenfeld & Nicolson/W. W. Norton, £14.99/$22.95, ISBN 0297847554 Reviewed by Marcus Chown
IT’S started – the worldwide media frenzy to mark next year’s centenary of Einstein’s “miraculous year”. In the space of 12 months he not only proved the reality of atoms but, with special relativity, changed forever our ideas about space and time. If you want to know what all the fuss will be about, read Michio Kaku’s authoritative offering.
