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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" /

Beginning with ancient Atomist and Stoic philosophies, Rubenstein links contemporary models of the multiverse to their forerunners and explores the reasons for their recent appearance. One concerns the so-called fine-tuning of the universe: nature's constants are so delicately calibrated that i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rubenstein, Mary-Jane (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: How to avoid the G-word
  • A single, complete whole
  • Ancient openings of multiplicity
  • Navigating the infinite
  • Measuring the immeasurable
  • Bangs, bubbles, and branes: atomists versus stoics, take two
  • Ascending to the ultimate multiverse
  • Unendings: on the entanglement of science and religion.