The Number of the Heavens : : A History of the Multiverse and the Quest to Understand the Cosmos / / Tom Siegfried.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Siegfried, Tom,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674243378; 9783110652031
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674243378
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Tom Siegfried.

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.