MORE PRAISE FOR SOMETHING DEEPLY HIDDEN

“Sean Carroll is always lucid and funny, gratifyingly readable, while still excavating depths. He advocates an acceptance of quantum mechanics at its most minimal, its most austere—appealing to the allure of the pristine. The consequence is an annihilation of our conventional notions of reality in favor of an utterly surreal world of Many-Worlds. Sean includes us in the battle between a simple reality versus a multitude of realities that feels barely on the periphery of human comprehension. He includes us in the ideas, the philosophy, and the foment of revolution. A fascinating and important book.”

—Janna Levin, professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College and author of Black Hole Blues

“Sean Carroll beautifully clarifies the debate about the foundations of quantum mechanics and champions the most elegant, courageous approach: the astonishing ‘Many-Worlds’ interpretation. His explanations of its pros and cons are clear, evenhanded, and philosophically gob-smacking.”

—Steven Strogatz, professor of mathematics at Cornell University and author of Infinite Powers

“Carroll gives us a front-row seat to the development of a new vision of physics: one that connects our everyday experiences to a dizzying hall-of-mirrors universe in which our very sense of self is challenged. It’s a fascinating idea and one that just might hold clues to a deeper reality.”

—Katie Mack, theoretical astrophysicist at North Carolina State University and author of the forthcoming The End of Everything

“I was overwhelmed by tears of joy at seeing so many fundamental issues explained as well as they ever have been. Something Deeply Hidden is a masterpiece, which stands along with Feynman’s QED as one of the two best popularizations of quantum mechanics I’ve ever seen. And if we classify QED as having had different goals, then it’s just the best popularization of quantum mechanics I’ve ever seen, full stop.”

—Scott Aaronson, professor of computer science at the University of Texas at Austin and director of UT’s Quantum Information Center

“Irresistible and an absolute treat to read. While this is a book about some of the deepest current mysteries in physics, it is also a book about metaphysics, as Carroll lucidly guides us on how to not only think about the true and hidden nature of reality but also how to make sense of it. I loved this book.”

—Priyamvada Natarajan, theoretical astrophysicist at Yale University and author of Mapping the Heavens