In this exhilarating new book, Brian Greene explores our most current understanding of the universe, its deepest laws of nature, and our continuing quest to know more. "The Hidden Reality" reveals how major developments in different branches of fundamental theoretical physics - relativistic, quantum, cosmological, unified, computational - have all led us to consider one or another variety of parallel universe. In some, they are separated from us by enormous stretches of space or time, in others they're hovering millimetres away, in others still the very notion of their location proves to be a concept beyond our reach. Most extraordinarily, Greene shows how all of these parallel universe proposals emerge unbidden from the mathematics of theories developed to explain conventional data and observations of the cosmos. This is a life-changing book that gives us a true sense of the astounding possibilities of modern scientific investigation.

B·格林在哈佛大学获得本科学位，然后取得牛津大学的罗德奖学金，并获得博士学位。1990年，他加入了康奈尔大学的物理系，并于1995年成为正教授。1996年，他成为哥伦比亚大学的数学和物理教授。三十多年来，他在七个大洲的土地上开展了许多科普和专业讲座，公认在超弦理论中有过许多开拓性的发现。他的第一本书《宇宙的琴弦》，是全美畅销书籍，并获得了普利策奖。他最近的一本书《宇宙的结构》也是全美畅销书籍。他住在纽约市的安第斯镇。