
The Hidden Reality
parallel universes and the deep laws of the cosmos
$25.51
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
26 April 2012
Summary
The Hidden Reality: Exploring Parallel Universes
There was a time when ‘universe’ meant all there is. Everything. Yet, as this extraordinary book shows, ours may be just one universe among many, like endless reflections in a mirror.
He takes us on a captivating exploration of parallel worlds - from a multiverse where an infinite number of your doppelgangers are reading this sentence, to vast oceans of bubble universes and even multiverses made of mathematics - showing just h…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9780141029818 |
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ISBN-10: | 0141029811 |
Author: | Brian Greene |
Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Number of Pages: | 384 |
Release Date: | 26 April 2012 |
Weight: | 278g |
Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
Brian Greene’s book The Hidden Reality is a tour de force of one of the most controversial areas of modern science - the possibility that there are multiple universes… Greene’s ability as a populariser has matured with each new publication and this latest offering is his best yet – Alastair Gunn * Sky at Night *Exciting and rewarding … captures and engages the imagination … Greene has a gift for elucidating big ideas * New York Times *If extraterrestrials landed tomorrow and demanded to know what the human mind is capable of accomplishing, we could do worse than to hand them a copy of this book * New York Times Book Review *The book serves well as an introduction to the multiverse and will open up many people’s eyes – John GribbinEvery chapter opens level after level of previously unimaginable, mind-expanding realities – Oliver Sacks
About The Author
Brian Greene
Brian Greene is a populariser of theoretical physics and the author of the bestselling books about string theory, The Elegant Universe, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, and The Fabric of the Cosmos. Educated at Harvard and Oxford, he has taught at both Harvard and Cornell and has been Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University since 1996.
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