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

作者 Brian Greene著
出版社 Vintage
出版时间 2011年11月
ISBN 9780307278128
定价 127.00

内容简介

ThebestsellingauthorofTheElegantUniverseandTheFabricoftheCosmostacklesperhapsthemostmind-bendingquestioninmodernphysicsandcosmology:Isouruniversetheonlyuniverse?Therewasatimewhen"universe"meantallthereis.Everything.Yet,anumberoftheoriesareconvergingonthepossibilitythatouruniversemaybebutoneamongmanyparalleluniversespopulatingavastmultiverse.Here,BrianeGreene,oneofourforemostphysicistsandsciencewriters,takesusonabreathtakingjourneytoamultiversecomprisinganendlessseriesofbigbangs,amultiversewithduplicatesofeveryoneofus,amultiversepopulatedbyvastsheetsofspacetime,amultiverseinwhichallweconsiderrealareholographicillusions,andevenamultiversemadepurelyofmath--andrevealstherealityhiddenwithineach.Usinghistrademarkwitandprecision,Greenepresentsathrillingsurveyofcutting-edgephysicsandconfrontstheinevitablequestion:Howcanfundamentalscienceprogressifgreatswathsofrealityliebeyondourreach?TheHiddenRealityisaremarkableadventurethroughaworldmorevastandstrangethananythingwecouldhaveimagined.,

作者简介

BrianGreenereceivedhisundergraduatedegreefromHarvardUniversityandhisdoctoratefromOxfordUniversity,wherehewasaRhodesScholar.HejoinedthephysicsfacultyofCornellUniversityin1990,wasappointedtoafullprofessorshipin1995,andin1996joinedColumbiaUniversity,whereheisprofessorofphysicsandmathematics.Hehaslecturedatbothageneralandatechnicallevelinmorethantwenty-fivecountriesandiswidelyregardedforanumberofgroundbreakingdiscoveriesinsuperstringtheory.Hisfirstbook,TheElegantUniverse,wasanationalbestsellerandafinalistforthePulitzerPrize.Hissecondbook,TheFabricoftheCosmos,wasalsoabestseller.HelivesinAndes,NewYork,andNewYorkCity.www.briangreene.org,,

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