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The Hidden Reality
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Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos

by Brian Greene (Author) (edit contributors)

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From the best-selling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos: his most thrilling and accessible book to date—a state-of-the-art tour of the cutting-edge science that is changing the way we see our world. In recent years, a growing body of work—based on the principles... read more

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  • - Greene disucsses different types of parallel universes.
  • - How to get from quantum enigma in the lab to multiverses where your double may be reading this book as well.
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If, when I was growing up, my room had been adorned with only a single mirror, my childhood daydreams might have been very different.

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Preface

1. The Bounds of Reality: On Parallel Worlds
2. Endless Doppelgangers: The Quilted Multiverse
3. Eternity and Infinity: The Inflationary Multiverse
4. Unifying Nature's Laws: On the Road to String Theory
5. Hovering Universes in Nearby Dimensions: The Brane and Cyclic Multiverses
6. New Thinking About an Old Constant: The Landscape Multiverse
7. Science and the Multiverse: On Inference, Explanation, and Prediction
8. The Many Worlds of Quantum Measurements: The Quantum Multiverses
9. Black Holes and Holograms: The Holographic Multiverse
10. Universes, Computers, and Mathematical Reality: The Simulated and Ultimate Multiverses
11. The Limits of Inquiry: Multiverses and the Future

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This is book 5 of 10 in Amazon.com Best Books of January (2011). (authoritative list)
This book is in Amazon.com Best Books of 2011. (authoritative list)
This book is in 2011 Published Books. (community list)

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  1. Brian Greene (Author)

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Original Language: English
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ISBN: 978-0307265630
Page Count: 384

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  • Library of Congress: QC6 .G6885 2011
  • Dewey: 530.12

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Reading Level: Adults

This is a very good book, but it's a heavy-duty read. I recommend you wait for the NOVA program to be released, or go watch The Fabric of the Cosmos or The Elegant Universe instead.

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