{"id":187,"date":"2007-04-15T13:50:41","date_gmt":"2007-04-15T13:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alephnaught.wordpress.com\/2007\/04\/15\/hiding-in-the-mirror-the-quest-for-alternate-realities-from-plato-to-stringetheory-and-beyond\/"},"modified":"2008-11-02T11:50:33","modified_gmt":"2008-11-02T19:50:33","slug":"hiding-in-the-mirror-the-quest-for-alternate-realities-from-plato-to-stringetheory-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2007\/04\/15\/hiding-in-the-mirror-the-quest-for-alternate-realities-from-plato-to-stringetheory-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities, from Plato to String"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-187\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hiding-Mirror-Alternate-Realities-Wonderland\/dp\/0143038028\/ref=ed_oe_p\/103-8468102-9192632?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1176668597&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"NewWindow\">Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities, from Plato to String Theory and Beyond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Author: <\/strong>Lawrence M. Krauss<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paperback: <\/strong>288 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher: <\/strong>Penguin (Non-Classics) (November 28, 2006)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10: <\/strong>0143038028<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13: <\/strong>978-0143038023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I wanted to catch up on the latest theories in quantum mechanics without the detail (I haven&#8217;t looked at math like that in a long, long time).\u00c2\u00a0 This book was quite nice.\u00c2\u00a0 It read pretty easily but also conveyed some very complicated ideas (like D-brane theory).\u00c2\u00a0 If you want a condensed, meant-for-normal-people look at high- and low-energy physics, this is a good choice.\u00c2\u00a0 Mr. Krauss also wrote a couple of books debunking \/ explaining the physics of Star Trek.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-187\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 187);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-187\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-187\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities, from Plato to String Theory and Beyond Author: Lawrence M. 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