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The hidden reality : parallel universes and the deep laws of the cosmos

Greene, B. (Brian) 1963- (Author).

Summary: Discusses recent discoveries in physics and cosmology to explore a range of multiverse proposals, and examines how the knowledge that some aspects of reality may lie beyond human comprehension might affect scientific progress.

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ISBN: 0307278123
ISBN: 9780307278128
Physical Description: ix, 443 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: New York ; Vintage Books, 2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-419) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.