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THE FABRIC THE O F C O S M O S THE FABRIC OF THE COSMOS SPACE. TIMAEN.D THE TEXTUREO F REALITY BRIAN GREENE ALFRED A. KNOPF NEW YORK 2004 THIS IS BOAR ZOI BOOK PUBLISHEDB Y ALFRED A.K NOPF Copyr©i 2g0h0tb4 yB riRa.Gn r eene Alrli grhetss eurnvedIden rt ernaantPdia oAnnm-aelr iCcoapny right ConventPiuobhnlesii.ds nt hUen itSetda btyeA sl frAe.K dn opf, ad iviosfi oRna nHdooumsI en,cN .e,wY orka,n id nC anada by RandoHmo use ofL iCmaniaTtoderado ,n Dtios. tribbyu ted RandoHmo usIen,cN .e,wY ork. www.aaknopf.com KnopBfo,r zBooio kasn,tdh ceo lopahrorene gisttreardeedmo afr ks RandoHmo usIen,c . LibroafCr oyn grCeastsa loging-iDna-tPau blication GreeBn.e( ,rB ian). Thefb aroifct hceo sm:os spatciem,ae n,td h tee xtoufrr eea lI ity BriGarne ene. p. cm. Inclbuidbelsi ogrreaefprhein(ccpaep5ls.4 - 344). 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IIQ.u anitnta h Sek wyi th Diamonds 304 InflatQiuoann,t Juimt taenrdts hA,er roofwT ime ParItVO RIGINSA ND UNIFICATION 1.2 TheWo rlodna S tring 327 ThFea brAiccc ortdoSit nrgiT nhge ory 1.3 TheU nivoernas B er ane 376 SpeculaotnSi poancse T iamniednM -Thoery ParVt R EALITAYN D IMAGINATION 1.4 Upi nt hHee avaennds Diontw hnEe a rth 451 ExperimweinttShip nagc eT iamned IST.el epoarntTdeir msMe a chines 437 TraveTlhirnoguS gpha ceT iamned 16T.h eF utuorfe Aa lnl usion 470 ProspfeoScrpt asc e and Time Notes 495 Glossary 537 SuggefsrotF iuorntRshe eard ing 543 Index 545 Preface Spaacnetd i mcea pttuhrieem aginlaitnkioeoo tnh secri enstuibfijce ct. 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