The Fabric of the Cosmos：Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

FromBrianGreene,oneoftheworld’sleadingphysicistsandauthorthePulitzerPrizefinalistTheElegantUniverse,comesagrandtouroftheuniversethatmakesuslookatrealityinacompletelydifferentway.Spaceandtimeformtheveryfabricofthecosmos.Yettheyremainamongthemostmysteriousofconcepts.Isspaceanentity?Whydoestimehaveadirection?Couldtheuniverseexistwithoutspaceandtime?Canwetraveltothepast?FromNewton’sunchangingrealminwhichspaceandtimeareabsolute,toEinstein’sfluidconceptionofspacetime,toquantummechanics’entangledarenawherevastlydistantobjectscaninstantaneouslycoordinatetheirbehavior,Greenetakesusall,regardlessofourscientificbackgrounds,onanirresistibleandrevelatoryjourneytothenewlayersofrealitythatmodernphysicshasdiscoveredlyingjustbeneaththesurfaceofoureverydayworld.