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The Fabric of the Cosmos:

Space, Time and the Texture of Reality
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9 Reviews
Penguin Books Limited, Feb 24, 2005 - Science - 592 pages

'A magnificent challenge to conventional ideas' Financial Times

'I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It manages to be both challenging and entertaining: it is highly recommended' the Independent

'(Greene) send(s) the reader's imagination hurtling through the universe on an astonishing ride. As a popularizer of exquisitely abstract science, he is both a skilled and kindly explicator' the New York Times

'Greene is as elegant as ever, cutting through the fog of complexity with insight and clarity; space and time become putty in his hands' Los Angeles Times Book Review

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Review: The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

User Review  - Geoffrey Fox - Goodreads

The recent discovery of what may be the Higgs boson made me aware again of how little I understand about the universe. Or even about the questions now being posed by cosmologists. Greene makes it all ... Read full review

Review: The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

User Review  - Campbell Mcaulay - Goodreads

This is is a life changing book on a par with Blind Watchmaker. I was a little daunted by the subject material to begin with, but soon lost my inhibitions - it's not half as bad as I expected and I'm ... Read full review

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About the author (2005)

Brian Greene, author of the bestselling book about string theory, The Elegant Universe, was educated at Harvard and Oxford, graduating in 1987. After spending time at Harvard and Cornell, he is currently a Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia. Greene was presenter of the Channel Four series The Theory of Everything, screened in November 2003.

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