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

Greene, Brian

ISBN 10: 0739383523 ISBN 13: 9780739383520

Verlag: Random House, 2011

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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.

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Brian Greene received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his doctorate from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He joined the physics faculty of Cornell University in 1990, was appointed to a full professorship in 1995, and in 1996 joined Columbia University, where he is professor of physics and mathematics. His first book,The Elegant Universe, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His most recent book,The Fabric of the Cosmos, was also a national bestseller.

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• Verlag: Random House
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0739383523
• ISBN 13: 9780739383520
• Einband: CD de audio
• Anzahl der Seiten: 12