God and the multiverse
Subtitle: humanity's expanding view of the cosmos
By: Victor J. Stenger
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9781616149703
Subjects: Cosmology
Description: "Cosmologists have reasons to believe that the vast universe in which we live is just one of an endless number of other universes within a multiverse--a mind-boggling array that may extend indefinitely in space and endlessly in both the past and the future. In this comprehensive history of multiverse theory, Victor Stenger reviews the key developments in the history of science that led to the current consensus view of astrophysicists, taking pains to explain essential concepts and discoveries in accessible language. He shows that science's emerging understanding of the multiverse--consisting of trillions upon trillions of galaxies--is fully explicable in naturalistic terms with no need for supernatural forces to explain its origin or ongoing existence. How can conceptions of God, traditional or otherwise, be squared with this new worldview? The author shows how, in the light of science, long-held beliefs will need to undergo major revision or otherwise face eventual extinction."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-431) and index.