Name: The Hidden Reality
ISBN: 9780307265630

Brian Greene

An accessible tour of cutting-edge science that is impacting today's world considers a growing body of principles supporting the idea of parallel universes. By the Pulitzer Prize finalist author of The Elegant Universe.

Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos

The Hidden Reality

Aaron Bach

I was so excited to pick up the latest Brian Greene book; after devouring "The Elegant Universe" and "Fabric of the Cosmos," I was certain that I would do the same here. I was mistaken. 

Without belaboring the point, two features of this book caused my interest to wane extremely quickly. First, there seemed to be an inordinate amount of "free-pass" statements from Mr. Greene. After the third time of reading "If you are reaching saturation, feel free to skip this entire chapter," I began to wonder if he had somewhat lost his previously uncanny ability to explain complex topics in a way that negated the desire to skip ahead. Second, nearly every "revelation" in this book followed up with the caveat that while it might be true, we don't (and may never have) the ability to prove it. 

The book quickly went from cutting-edge research to conversation points designed to sell a book. Overall, very disappointing.

Ryan Smith 

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Mutter

Jennifer

'A writer of exceptional clarity and charm . . . every chapter opens level after level of previously unimaginable, mind-expanding realities' Oliver Sacks There was a time when 'universe' meant all there is. Everything. Yet, as Brian Greene's 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 doppelgängers are reading this sentence, to vast oceans of bubble universes and even multiverses made of mathematics - showing just how much of reality's true nature may be hidden within them. 'Exciting and rewarding . . . captures and engages the imagination . . . Greene has a gift for elucidating big ideas' The New York Times 'The book serves well as an introduction to the multiverse and will open up many people's eyes' John Gribbin 'Few living writers write so lucidly . . . Greene might be the best intermediary I've found between the sparkling, absolute zero world of mathematics and the warm, clumsy world of human language' Boston Globe

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