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" Hiding in the mirror : "
Lawrence M. Krauss.
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BL
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1001351
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b755721
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| Main Entry
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Krauss, Lawrence M.,1954-
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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) /\ Lawrence M. Krauss.
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New York :: Penguin Books,, 2006, ©2005.
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[8], 277 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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0143038028
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: 9780143038023
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Includes index.
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Originally subtitled: The mysterious allure of extra dimensions, from Plato to string theory and beyond.
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Reminiscence : a dimentional love affair -- The privilege to live in space? -- From frogs' legs to fields -- The road to relativity -- The fourth dimension -- Disturbing the universe -- The measure of all things -- From Flatland to Picasso -- The first hidden universe : an extra dimension to physics -- There and back again -- Curiouser and curiouser ... -- Out of chaos ... -- Aliens from other dimensions -- An entangled knot -- Super times for the superworld -- M is for Mother -- D is for Braneworld -- A theory of nothing? -- Epilogue: Truth and beauty.
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Fourth dimension.
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Space and time.
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Fourth dimension.
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Fourth dimension.
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Space and time.
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Space and time.
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| Dewey Classification
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530.11
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QC173.59.S65K745 2006
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Quest for alternate realities, from Plato to string theory (by way of Alice in Wonderland, Einstein, and the twilight zone)
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