Number of the Heavens
Subtitle: A History of the Multiverse and the Quest to Understand the Cosmos
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780674975880
Description: "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"--