false 22435 17 From Brian Greene, one of the worlds leading physicists, comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way. Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene uses these questions to guide us toward modern sciences new and deeper understanding of the universe. From Newtons unchanging realm in which space and time are absolute, to Einsteins fluid conception of spacetime, to quantum mechanics entangled arena where vastly different objects can bridge their spatial separation to instantaneously coordinate their behavior or even undergo teleportation, Greene reveals our world to be very different from what common experience leads us to believe. Focusing on the enigma of time, Greene establishes that nothing in the laws of physics insists that it run in any particular direction and that times arrow is a relic of the universes condition at the moment of the big bang. And in explaining the big bang itself, Greene shows how recent cutting-edge developments in superstring and M-theory may reconcile the behavior of everything from the smallest particle to the largest black hole. This startling vision culminates in a vibrant eleven-dimensional multiverse, pulsating with ever-changing textures, where space and time themselves may dissolve into subtler, more fundamental entities. Sparked by the trademark wit, humor, and brilliant use of analogy that have made The Elegant Universe a modern classic, Brian Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on an irresistible and revelatory journey to the new layers of reality that modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of our everyday world. 23464 book 2004 The Fabric of the Cosmos (Space, time, and the texture of reality) total:1499|5:497|4:682|3:287|2:26|1:7| 1499 6133 2724 220 3 6 false false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 13:54:42 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 23:28:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 4 false false Tue Dec 04 17:18:38 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 09:01:01 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 11:21:03 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 11:36:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jan 12 03:14:53 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 15 17:27:57 -0700 2008 I feel as though I should read the book again. I guess at least now I am familiar enough with the concepts which confuse me to be able to sound like...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 13 17:00:17 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 17:02:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed May 06 15:41:29 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 21:27:10 -0800 2009
You win this round science book **(shakes fist in anger)**

In fact, after reading this book I've given up on science completely in favor the Nabokovian theory of very young earth creationism: The World Was Created This Morning.
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