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An infinity of worlds : cosmic inflation and the beginning of the universe

Title
An infinity of worlds : cosmic inflation and the beginning of the universe / Will Kinney.
Author
Kinney, Will
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]

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Description
xi, 237 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
"This book introduces cosmological inflation, a landmark theory on what happened before the Big Bang and what it means for other cosmological theories, such as the theory of a multiverse"--
Subject
  • Multiverse
  • Cosmology > Mathematical models
  • Multivers
  • Cosmologie > Modèles mathématiques
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The beginning of the world -- The standard cosmological model -- The cosmic horizon -- The physics of nothing -- The quantum vacuum and cosmic structure -- Testing inflation -- Eternal inflation and the multiverse -- Just so stories.
ISBN
  • 9780262046480
  • 0262046482
LCCN
  • 2021008639
  • 99990682952
OCLC
  • on1252739248
  • 1252739248
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries