Hiding in the Mirror

Hiding in the Mirror

Softcover edition
Author	Lawrence M. Krauss
Language	English
Subject	Extra dimensions
Genre	Non-fiction
Published	October 20, 2005
Publisher	Viking Press
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print, e-book
Pages	276 pp.
ISBN	0670033952
OCLC	62128070
Dewey Decimal	530.11
LC Class	QC173.59.S65
Preceded by	Atom
Followed by	Quantum Man

Hiding in the Mirror is a popular science book by the theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss. The text was initially published on October 20, 2005 by Viking Press. This is his seventh non-fiction book.

Synopsis

The work draws on the works of scientists, mathematicians, artists, and writers to consider the cultural and scientific aspects of extra dimensions. ^[1] The book explores popular theories about such topics as black holes, life in other dimensions, and string theory.

Review

A reviewer of Publishers Weekly mentioned "Physicist Krauss offers an erudite and well-crafted overview of the role multiple dimensions have played in the history of physics. This isn't an easy book, even with a writer as talented as Krauss (whom some will recognize as the author of The Physics of Star Trek and Beyond Star Trek ) serving as one's Virgil. Long on science and short on its connections with culture, the book is essentially an introduction to the physics and mathematics of extra dimensions with a few more or less disconnected chapters that touch on how these ideas show up in art and popular culture; there's more on brane-world and the ekpyrotic universe than on Plato's cave, whose inhabitants could not perceive reality in all its dimensions, or Buckaroo Banzai." ^[2]

See also

• Euclidean space
• Fourth dimension in art
• Four-dimensionalism
• Fifth dimension
• Sixth dimension

Similar books

• Flatland , a book by Edwin A. Abbott about two- and three-dimensional spaces, to understand the concept of four dimensions
• Sphereland , an unofficial sequel to Flatland
• The Fourth Dimension by Rudy Rucker
• Warped Passages , a book by Lisa Randall

References

1. Andrew Zimmerman Jones. "Hiding in the Mirror by Lawrence Krauss". About.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
2. "Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions, from Plato to String Theory and Beyond -- Lawrence Krauss, Author". publishersweekly.com . Retrieved 2015-07-06.

Further reading

• Weinberg, Steven (3 April 2015). "Steven Weinberg: the 13 best science books for the general reader". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
• Atiyah, Michael (22 December 2005). "Pulling the strings". Nature. 438 (7071): 1081–1082. Bibcode:2005Natur.438.1081A. doi: 10.1038/4381081a .
• Boutin, Paul (23 November 2005). "Theory of Anything?". Slate. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

External links

• Official website