Cosmic Log - Hidden universes revealed

Cosmic Log - Hidden universes revealed: "Is it preposterous to consider the existence of parallel universes? Or is it preposterous not to? Physicist Brian Greene would tend toward the latter view.

The Columbia University theoretical physicist's latest book, 'The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos,' follows up on his two earlier books for popular audiences, 'The Elegant Universe' and 'The Fabric of the Cosmos.'

Those works presented step-by-step guides to string theory and space-time, respectively, leavened with pop-culture references and analogies drawn from everyday life (that is, if your idea of 'everyday life' involves watching ants crawl on a power line). 'The Hidden Reality' follows a similar formula, using slices of bread, 'South Park' and the Wizard of Oz to explain weird ideas such as brane theory, the inflaton field and the holographic universe."