Brian Greene's The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos explores our most current scientific understanding of the universe, the 'string theory' that might hold the key to unifying nature's laws, and our continuing quest to know more. He attributes virtually all abduction-related experiences to being ‘misinterpretations’ or human-initiated and strongly opposes anything that goes against this position. Is this book easy to follow for rookies like me? Now along comes The Hidden Reality. 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. In some, they are separated from us by enormous stretches of space or time, in others they're hovering millimetres away, in others still the very notion of their location … ~ Knowledge Seeker, from Amazon Book Review: At his CSETI workshop I saw the REAL “Hidden Truth ” ***** Greer denies that the abduction phenomena involves ETs or is malevolent in nature. Not the most fun read, and I was expecting less theoretical ph. This information about The Hidden Reality shown above was first featured in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's membership magazine, and in our weekly "Publishing This Week" newsletter. Greene really is a good writer, because even when you don't quite understand what he's talking about, he gives you enough of the broad overview so that you can go to the next section and feel that you haven't missed anything critical. The last two chapters, where he delves into simulation theories, and then concludes by more comprehensibly summarizes the entirety of the book were the most readable and enjoyable to me. You May Also Like The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality I purchased this on the strength of Brian Greene's past works and find him to be consistent in his clarity of explanation.Although I had a few sticky moments with some elements of string theory and the explanation of the concept of infinity, on the whole it went well.I didn't get the same revelatory experience I got from "Fabric of the Cosmos",as most of the multiverse theories are extensions of areas he has covered previously and as the book is written with the assumption of little or no prior knowledge,it can be a little tedious having to go through same theories again.If you have any prior knowledge in this field then you will realise that all these ideas are at the present unverifiable,but at the end he posits the questions that must be answered to advance the possibility of validating any of them. Yet, as physicist Brian Greene's extraordinary book shows, ours may be just one universe … Some parts of the book are rather ph. Some of the footnotes have footnotes! This is a pretty dense book. In The Hidden Reality, celebrated theoretical physicist Brian Greene explains the mind-boggling idea of a ‘Multiverse’ (plural of universe). So be reassured that reading this book will give you a sense that reality is much more than what our senses, or even our exp. “There was a time when ‘universe’ meant ‘all there is,’” writes Greene, “but soon we may have to redefine that word, along with our own meager understanding of the cosmos.” A theoretical physicist and celebrated author, Greene offers intrepid readers another in-depth yet marvelously accessible look inside the perplexing world of modern theoretical physics and cosmology. He is even better in person, but this book does a good job laying out the different possible types of multi-verses. On the 4th attempt, I made it to the last page (or rather, Kindle location.) Read this book. And, in many of the cases, the alternative to the existence of a multiverse is at least as anti-intuitive and/or unbelievable. The explanation for why string theory requires ten space-time dimensions seems a bit glib to me. ...no guarantee of how much was actually understood. Some of the explanations--for example, the bubble universes--really made my head hurt. Way to know your audience. This was a good book. We’d love your help. Some of the explanations--for example, the bubble universes--really made my head hurt. Finally! Some parts of the book are rather philosophical--do mathematicians "invent" math or "discover" it? So be reassured that reading this book will give you a sense that reality is much more than what our senses, or even our expanded senses (technology) can grasp. Ryan's girlfriend probably thinks I'm just okay. Yet again you deliver in yo. We all look, we find what we may, but we all have to choose what we look at more deeply than we will look at the rest of what there is. There was a time when 'universe' meant all there is. Beginning with relativity theory, the Big Bang, and our expanding universe, Greene introduces first the mind-blowing multiplicity of forms those parallel universes might take, from patchwork quilts or stretchy “branes” to landscapes and holograms riddled with black holes. “… a rare accomplishment in science writing for a popular audience.” –Amazon.com, Best Books of the Month, January 2011. This project aims to show how sexism is deeply embedded into American culture and offer solutions that might help diminish the effects of it. NOT SO with this book. I think I may just be too dumb for books like this. See all 4 questions about The Hidden Reality…, The Pirate Ghost (Formerly known as the Curmudgeon), The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality, Goodreads Members' Most Anticipated Spring Books. The Property Lobby - The Hidden Reality behind the Housing Crisis;The complex and self-serving nexus behind the UK’s housing crisis is laid bare in this passionate book from Bob Colenutt. The first half of this book is an expansion on some of the various multiverse concepts mentioned only briefly in Greene's earlier The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos (which overlap each other a little). This is a fascinating book that explains with great clarity no less than 9 versions of multiverses. With his inspired analogies starring everyone from South Park’s Eric Cartman to Ms. Pac-Man and a can of Pringles, Greene presents a lucid, intriguing, and triumphantly understandable state-of-the-art look at the universe. I'm glad I read it but am not sure I learned as much as I should have. This is a book that pried open my mind. In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. With complete sympathy for readers without mathematical acumen, he explains concepts like quantum physics, the theory of relativity, the four major forces including gravity with such precision, and wit, that I found myself gasping for breath as I felt like I was reaching groundbreaking depths of understanding of how the universe works on almost eve. ), so I was like "Do you think we're all avatars in a big futuristic game of The Sims?" Start by marking “The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos” as Want to Read: Error rating book. 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Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published He's so tuned in to the general reader that he even suggests skipping large parts of his book if you don't want the nitty-gritty details and just want the big-picture show. I really am a huge fan of Brian Greene. Much of this book describes speculative hypotheses about parallel universes. I’d like to especially thank David Albert, Tracy Day, Richard Easther, Rita Greene, Simon Judes, Daniel Kabat, David Kagan, Paul Kaiser, Raphael Kasper, Juan Maldacena, Katinka Matson, Maulik Parikh, Marcus Poessel, Michael … 217 likes. I felt like this book got bogged down in string theory, and I have to admit the mechanics of the holographic universe escaped me. by Knopf, The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Search for the Deep Laws of the Cosmos. Much of this book describes speculative hypotheses about parallel universes. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. "Hey, just let us know when you want to talk about something that's not the nerdiest bullshit ever." I said that. Brian Greene is one of the best explainers of complicated physics topics alive today. But for the second half of the book, I want to mention specific chapters, as I feel the value of the writing swings wildly. and her face just lit up, like "I've been waiting for someone to ask me this all my life!" I've now read three books about the multiverse in rapid succession: the first two were Rees's. Brian = bae. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY DEC 20, 2010 "There was a time when universe' meant all there is,' " writes Greene, but soon we may have to redefine that word, along with our own meager understanding of the cosmos. SUBJECT It almost felt like a different writer. Greene in this book lays out and explains nine different versions of parallel universes. This book wouldn't be great without his first two. With complete sympathy for readers without mathematical acumen, he explains concepts like quantum physics, the theory of relativity, the four major forces including gravity with such precision, and wit, that I found myself gasping for breath as I felt like I was reaching groundbreaking depths of understanding of how the universe works on almost every page. Really enjoyed this, especially since it introduced me to string theory which I always thought would be so much more complicated! Bravo! I can't w. Great book on multi-verse ideas. A new book explains the science behind it Yet again you deliver in your classically simply elegant style the various avenues mathematics has led us to opening up different scenarios for parallel universes in every flavor under high investigation. Hidden Reality: The Truth About Sexual Assault. 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