The number of the heavens : a history of the multiverse and the quest to understand the cosmos / Tom Siegfried.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siegfried, Tom, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiverse--History.

Multiverse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Out of Chaos, a Multiverse

2. Robert Grosseteste's Multiverse

3. Aristotle versus the Atomists

4. The Condemnation of 1277

5. Condemnation Aftermath

6. Cusa and Copernicus

7. Wandering in Immensity

8. Planets and People

9. Island Universes

10. E Pluribus Universe

11. Many Quantum Worlds

12. Anthropic Cosmology

13. Brane Worlds

14. Defining the Multiverse

Epilogue

Notes

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

9780674243385

0674243382

9780674243378

0674243374

OCLC:

1108810297