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

Hi, I just thought you should know, that this audiobook program isn't unabridged. at the time of this review, Jul2009, booksfree states 'unabridged'I checked the unabridged version out of my public library once and it was 19 discs. See: The fabric of the cosmos [sound recording] : [space, time, and the texture of reality] / Brian Greene. Santa Ana, CA : Books on Tape, p2004. 19 sound discs 72 min. each : digital 4 3/4 in. That said. I only made it through 11 of the discs. While worthwhile, it was pretty tough in spots. I'm thankful for this more abbreviated version. Oh, yeah, as for the review ? This is good fair for those who enjoy popular science titles... and are ready for something deeper to chew on. You know who you are. If you have read titles such as Chaos by Gleick or Brief History of Time by Hawking this may be right up your alley. It starts out with: A bucket of water is suspended by a rope from its handle. The bucket is wound up like winding up a child on a swing to spin him and let go. The water will rise up centrifugally against the inner walls of the bucket. To what is the water responding ? From what/ to what/ is it attracted or repelled ? This is a variation on Mach's principle and the starting point from which we consider an all pervasive fabric of the cosmos. This simplistic experiment raises many of our intuitive and suppositional conclusions about physical reality. Also discussed: Entanglement, black hole entropy, quantum reality. etc. Good times. In short, consider this audiobook an overview of the original material.