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The Hidden Reality
on January 26, 2011 – 1:50 am
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Title:  The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
- Publisher’s Summary There was a time when “universe†meant all there is. Everything. Yet, in recent years discoveries in physics and cosmology have led a number of scientists to conclude that our universe may be one among many. With crystal-clear prose and inspired use of analogy, Brian Greene shows how a range of different “multiverse†proposals emerges from theories developed to explain the most refined observations of both subatomic particles and the dark depths of space: a multiverse in which you have an infinite number of doppelgängers, each reading this sentence in a distant universe; a multiverse comprising a vast ocean of bubble universes, of which ours is but one; a multiverse that endlessly cycles through time, or one that might be hovering millimeters away yet remains invisible; another in which every possibility allowed by quantum physics is brought to life. Or, perhaps strangest of all, a multiverse made purely of mathematics.
Greene, one of our foremost physicists and science writers, takes us on a captivating exploration of these parallel worlds and reveals how much of reality’s true nature may be deeply hidden within them.
My Comment
Really liked this book and would recommend it. Â This is the second book on the topic that I have read from Brian Greene. He is easy to read and makes a complex topic understandable.
