Synopses & Reviews
Beginning well before Platos allegory of the cave and continuing to modern scientific breakthroughs from relativity to quantum mechanics, as well as to pop cultural icons like Twilight Zone and Star Trek, human beings have imagined, even longed for, alternate realities. Lawrence M. Krauss, one of the most gifted and engaging of writer-scientists today, examines why we have often believed that the answers to the great questions about existence lie in the possibility that we live in a universe more complex than we can see or otherwise sense. Drawing on work by scientists, mathematicians, artists, and writersfrom Einstein to Picasso to C. S. LewisHiding in the Mirror explores whether extra dimensions simply represent abstract speculation or hold the key to a deeper understanding of the universe. Krauss examines popular cultures embrace and misunderstandingof topics such as black holes, life in another dimension, string theory, and some of the daring new theories that propose that large extra dimensions exist alongside our own. This is popular science writing at its best and most illuminatingwitty, fascinating, and controversial.
Review
andldquo;An astonishing and brilliantly written work of popular science.andrdquo; andmdash;
Science a GoGo
andldquo;A brilliant, thrilling book . . . Youandrsquo;ll have so much fun reading that youandrsquo;ll hardly notice youandrsquo;re getting a primer on contemporary physics and cosmology.andrdquo; andmdash;Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Synopsis
"An astonishing and brilliantly written work of popular science."
-Science a GoGo
"A brilliant, thrilling book . . . You'll have so much fun reading that you'll hardly notice you're getting a primer on contemporary physics and cosmology."
-Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Synopsis
An exploration of mankind's fascination with worlds beyond our own-by the bestselling author of The Physics of Star Trek Lawrence Krauss -an international leader in physics and cosmology-examines our long and ardent romance with parallel universes, veiled dimensions, and regions of being that may extend tantalizingly beyond the limits of our perception. Krauss examines popular culture's current embrace (and frequent misunderstanding) of such topics as black holes, life in other dimensions, strings, and some of the more extraordinary new theories that propose the existence of vast extra dimensions alongside our own.
About the Author
Lawrence M. Krauss, an internationally award-winning physicist and author, is the Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics and director of the Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of Atom, Quintessence: The Mystery of the Missing Mass, Beyond Star Trek, and The Physics of Star Trek. He is a frequent contributor to NPR and many newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times.