Bibliograph

Worlds without end, the many lives of the multiverse ... in which are discussed pre-, early-, and postmodern multiple-worlds cosmologies : the sundry arguments for and against them : the striking peculiarities of their adherents and detractors : the shifting boundaries of science, philosophy, and religion : and the stubbornly persistent question of whether creation has been "designed", Mary-Jane Rubenstein

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Worlds without end, the many lives of the multiverse ... in which are discussed pre-, early-, and postmodern multiple-worlds cosmologies : the sundry arguments for and against them : the striking peculiarities of their adherents and detractors : the shifting boundaries of science, philosophy, and religion : and the stubbornly persistent question of whether creation has been "designed", Mary-Jane Rubenstein

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-327) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Worlds without end

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

842879191

Responsibility statement

Mary-Jane Rubenstein

Sub title

the many lives of the multiverse ... in which are discussed pre-, early-, and postmodern multiple-worlds cosmologies : the sundry arguments for and against them : the striking peculiarities of their adherents and detractors : the shifting boundaries of science, philosophy, and religion : and the stubbornly persistent question of whether creation has been "designed"

Summary

"Multiverse" cosmologies imagine our universe as just one of a vast number of others. While this idea has captivated philosophy, religion, and literature for millennia, it is now being considered as a scientific hypothesis -- with different models emerging from cosmology, quantum mechanics, and string theory

Target audience

adult

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