Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities, from Plato to String Theory (by way of Alicein Wonderland, Einstein, and The Twilight Zone)

289 Pages·2006·1.47 MB·English

by  Lawrence Krauss

HIDING MIRROR

IN THE
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ALSO BY LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS
Atom: A Single Oxygen Atom’s Journey from the Big Bang
to Life on Earth . . . and Beyond
Quintessence: The Mystery of the Missing Mass
Beyond Star Trek: From Alien Invasions to the End of Time
The Physics of Star Trek
Fear of Physics: A Guide for the Perplexed
The Fifth Essence: The Search for Dark Matter in the Universe
HIDING

G N IDIH
IN THE
EHT NI
MIRROR

RO RR I M

THE MYSTERIOUS ALLURE
OF EXTRA DIMENSIONS,
FROM PLATO TO STRING
THEORY AND BEYOND
Lawrence M. Krauss

VIKING
VIKING
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For my mother . . . at last!

There is a dimension, beyond that which is known to man.
It is a dimension as vast as space
and as timeless as infinity.
It is the middle ground between light and shadow,
between science and superstition,
and it lies between the pit of man’s fears
and the summit of his knowledge.
This is the dimension of imagination.
—Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone