Worlds Without End: The Many Lives of the Multiverse

by Mary-Jane Rubenstein

Book Overview

"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.

Beginning with ancient Atomist and Stoic philosophies, Mary-Jane Rubenstein links contemporary models of the multiverse to their forerunners...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231156634
• ISBN13: 9780231156639
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 8.7"