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9780470926574

In Search of the Multiverse : Parallel Worlds, Hidden Dimensions, and the Ultimate Quest for the Frontiers of Reality

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470926574

  • ISBN10:

    0470926570

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2010-07-01
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface: The Search
Introduction: In an Infinite Universe, Anything Is Possible
The Coming of the Quantum Cats
Neither wave nor particle
A quantum of uncertainty
The only mystery
Interpreting the unimaginable
The mother of all quantum cats
The many worlds of Hugh Everett
The branching tree of history
Everett comes in from the cold
Cosmic Coincidences Revisited
The carbon coincidence
Why is the Universe so big?
Nuclear efficiency
The incredible lightness of gravity
Cosmology's coincidental constant
Ripples in a smooth cosmic sea
Three dimensions good, more dimensions bad
The lottery of life
Quantum Bits and Time Slips
Being in two minds
In search of the quantum computer
The killer application
Practicalities
Where does it all happen?
A metaphor for the Multiverse
When does it all happen?;Timeslips
Broader horizons
Infinite in All Directions
Arrows of time
The heat death of the Universe
Every conceivable accident
Time and distance
Time and thermodynamics
The cosmic arrow and the gravitational sink
Bouncing back?
Back to the future
(Just Like) Starting Over
The particle connection
Nothing comes from nothing
Inflating the Universe
The return of the Steady State?
Bubbles on the River of Time
Eternal inflation and simple beginnings
Boltzmann's brain, the arrow of time, and causal patch physics
To infinity - and beyond!
The String's the Thing
Gravity grabs attention
Two approaches plus a third way
Compact but perfectly formed
The magic of M
Revisiting the incredible weakness of gravity
When worlds collide
By its bootstraps
The bottomless pit
There's lots of places like home
Exploring the cosmic landscape
The return of Schrödinger's cat
Faking It? Or Making It?
Is it science?
Inside information
The fakers
Black holes and baby universes
Selecting universes naturally
A new perspective
Makers of universes
Evolution in designer universes
Universes by design
Further reading
Glossary
Index
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