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The number of the heavens a history of the multiverse and the quest to understand the cosmos
"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...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press ;
2019.
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The number of the heavens |b a history of the multiverse and the quest to understand the cosmos |c Tom Siegfried. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Cambridge, Massachusetts : |b Harvard University Press ; |c 2019. | |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Out of chaos, a multiverse -- Robert Grosseteste's multiverse -- Aristotle versus the atomists -- The condemnation of 1277 -- Condemnation aftermath -- Cusa and Copernicus -- Wandering in immensity -- Planets and people -- Island universes -- E pluribus universe -- Many quantum worlds -- Anthropic cosmology -- Brane worlds -- Defining the multiverse. | |
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