The hidden reality : parallel universes and the deep laws of the cosmos / Brian Greene.
| Author/creator | Greene, Brian, 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. |
| Description | xi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The bounds of reality: on parallel worlds -- Endless doppelgangers: the quilted multiverse -- Eternity and infinity: the inflationary multiverse -- Unifying nature's laws: on the road to string theory -- Hovering universes in nearby dimensions: the brane and cyclic multiverses -- New thinking about an old constant: the landscape multiverse -- Science and the multiverse: on inference, explanation, and prediction -- The many worlds of quantum measurement: the quantum multiverse -- Black holes and holograms: the holographic multiverse -- Universes, computers, and mathematical reality: the simulated and ultimate multiverses -- The limits of inquiry: multiverses and the future. |
| Abstract | "The Hidden Reality" reveals how major developments in different branches of fundamental theoretical physics -- relativistic, quantum, cosmological, unified, computational -- have all led us to consider one or another variety of parallel universe. |
| General note | "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-354) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010042710 |
| ISBN | 9780307265630 |
| ISBN | 0307265633 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QC6 .G6885 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |