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

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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Siegfried, Tom,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Preface --   |t Introduction --   |t 1. Out of Chaos, a Multiverse --   |t 2. Robert Grosseteste’s Multiverse --   |t 3. Aristotle versus the Atomists --   |t 4. The Condemnation of 1277 --   |t 5. Condemnation Aftermath --   |t 6. Cusa and Copernicus --   |t 7. Wandering in Immensity --   |t 8. Planets and People --   |t 9. Island Universes --   |t 10. E Pluribus Universe --   |t 11. Many Quantum Worlds --   |t 12. Anthropic Cosmology --   |t 13. Brane Worlds --   |t 14. Defining the Multiverse --   |t Epilogue --   |t Notes --   |t Illustration Credits --   |t Index 
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