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The number of the heavens : a history of the multiverse and the quest to understand the cosmos / Tom Siegfried.
LIBRA QB981 .S5346 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Siegfried, Tom, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multiverse.
- History.
- Multiverse--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- pages cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "One of the most controversial, cutting-edge ideas in cosmology-the possibility that there exist multiple parallel universes-in fact has a long history. Tom Siegfried reminds us that the size and number of the heavens have been contested since ancient times. His story offers deep lessons about the nature of science and the quest for understanding"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Out of chaos, a multiverse
- Robert Grosseteste's multiverse
- Aristotle versus the atomists
- The condemnation of 1277
- Condemnation aftermath
- Cusa and Copernicus
- Wandering in immensity
- Planets and people
- Island universes
- E pluribus universe
- Many quantum worlds
- Anthropic cosmology
- Brane worlds
- Defining the multiverse.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Siegfried, Tom, 1950- The number of the heavens
- ISBN:
- 9780674975880
- 067497588X
- OCLC:
- 1089997359
- Publisher Number:
- 99981673331
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