- Description
- 1 online resource.
- Summary
- "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 nature of science and the quest for understanding"--
- Uniform Title
- Number of the heavens (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Number of the heavens (Online)
- Subject
- Multiverse > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Contents
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2019027303
- OCLC
- ssj0002191396
- Author
Siegfried, Tom, 1950-
- Title
The number of the heavens [electronic resource] : a history of the multiverse and the quest to understand the cosmos / Tom Siegfried.
- Imprint
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
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- Other Form:
Print version: Siegfried, Tom, 1950- The number of the heavens Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019. 9780674975880 (DLC) 2019027302