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Books like The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
The best books like The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos are The Elegant Universe, Our Mathematical Universe, and Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene is about multiverse, cosmology, quantum mechanics. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Elegant Universe
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Brian Greene · Science
The Elegant Universe is Brian Greene's attempt to bring string theory — one of the most mathematically demanding ideas in modern physics — within reach of general readers.
Shares cosmology and quantum mechanics with The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos.
Read the summary → - Our Mathematical Universe
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Max Tegmark · Science
Our Mathematical Universe is Max Tegmark's argument for what he calls the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis: the bold claim that the universe is not merely described by mathematics but is a mathematical structure.
Shares multiverse and cosmology with The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos.
Read the summary → - Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli · Science
Carlo Rovelli, a theoretical physicist best known for his work on loop quantum gravity, wrote this book originally as a series of essays for an Italian Sunday newspaper.
Shares cosmology and quantum mechanics with The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos.
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- Reality Is Not What It Seems
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Carlo Rovelli · Science
Reality Is Not What It Seems is Rovelli's most ambitious popular book: a history of human understanding of physical reality from the pre-Socratics to loop quantum gravity, the theory of quantum spacetime that Rovelli himself has spent his career developing.
Shares cosmology and quantum mechanics with The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos.
Read the summary → - The Grand Design
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Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow · Science
The Grand Design is Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow's short, provocative book about the deepest questions in physics: Why is there something rather than nothing?
Shares multiverse and cosmology with The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos.
Read the summary → - A Brief History of Time
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Stephen Hawking · Science
A Brief History of Time is Stephen Hawking's attempt to explain the biggest questions in physics — where the universe came from, how it behaves, and where it might be going — to readers with no scientific training.
Shares cosmology and quantum mechanics with The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos.
Read the summary → - Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
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Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You
Marcus Chown · Science
Marcus Chown, a former radio astronomer and longtime science writer, takes two of the most counterintuitive theories in physics — quantum mechanics and special relativity — and presents them in a single short book aimed squarely at readers who find both intimidating.
Shares cosmology and quantum mechanics with The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos.
Read the summary → - The Fabric of Reality
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David Deutsch · Science
The Fabric of Reality is David Deutsch's argument that four distinct strands of explanation — quantum physics, epistemology, the theory of evolution, and the theory of computation — are not separate fields but facets of a single unified description of reality.
Shares multiverse and quantum mechanics with The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos.
Read the summary → - The Fabric of the Cosmos
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Brian Greene · Science
The Fabric of the Cosmos is Brian Greene's attempt to explain what physicists actually mean when they talk about space and time — not the intuitive everyday notions, but the deeply strange picture that emerges from general relativity and quantum mechanics.
Shares cosmology and quantum mechanics with The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos.
Read the summary → - A Short History of Nearly Everything
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson · Science
A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's attempt to understand the scientific story of everything — from the Big Bang to the emergence of modern humans — by spending three years talking to scientists and reading science history.
Both dig into cosmology.
Read the summary → - A Universe from Nothing
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Lawrence M. Krauss · Science
A Universe from Nothing is Lawrence Krauss's argument that modern physics has resolved, or at least reframed, the ancient philosophical question of why there is something rather than nothing.
Both dig into cosmology.
Read the summary → - Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson · Science
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is Neil deGrasse Tyson's deliberately compact introduction to the biggest ideas in modern astrophysics.
Both dig into cosmology.
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Books like The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos: quick answers
What are the best books like The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos?
The best books like The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene are The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli, Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli, The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos, such as multiverse, cosmology, quantum mechanics.
What should I read after The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos?
A natural next read after The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos is The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene. Shares cosmology and quantum mechanics with The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos. Other strong choices are Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli, Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli.
What books are similar to The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene?
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos centers on multiverse, cosmology, quantum mechanics. Books with a similar feel include The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli, Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli, The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
