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Brian greene, physicist, author of the elegant universe and the hidden reality our mathematical universe boldly confronts one of the deepest questions at the fertile interface of physics and philosophy. This book ties everything of the physical realm with the mathematical universe. Our mathematical universe is a delightful book in which the swedishborn author, now at mit, takes readers on a roller coaster ride through cosmology, quantum mechanics, parallel universes, subatomic particles and the future of humanity. The explosion, now called inflation, is a solution to einsteins theory of gravity in which a subatomic blob of nondiluting substance dark matter might have this property. This book is an exceptionally eyeopening read containing new, fresh concepts and unbelievable sometimes shocking insights. My quest for the ultimate nature of reality kindle edition by tegmark, max.
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