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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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Table of 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