The Hidden Reality, 9780141029818
Paperback
Explore parallel worlds; our universe may be one of many.

The Hidden Reality

parallel universes and the deep laws of the cosmos

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    26 April 2012

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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
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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