num_pages: 288
description: 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. BACKCOVER: "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
language: English
title: Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities, from Plato to String Theory
titlecomplete: Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities, from Plato to String Theory (by way of Alice in Wonderland, Einstein, and The Twilight Zone)
genres: Physics, Mathematics, History, Popular Science, Philosophy, Science, History Of Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 383
publisher: Penguin Books