Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 248 pages
- Published by: Hill and Wang
- Edition: 1st Edition July 10, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0809067226
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0809067220
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Book Dimensions:
8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 10.6 ounces
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Many Worlds in One: The Search for Other Universes (Hardcover)
As the title of my review suggests, this is simply superb. Mr. Vilenkin SIMPLIFIES... and of the thirty or so books I've read on cosmology, this is at or near the top. The author covers much ground and does it efficiently. He lays the groundwork for his theories and takes us through the logic he employed in arriving at his 'quantum-tunneling out of nothing' theory to explain the origin of our 'local island universe'. Mr. Vilenkin ably covers vacuums, inflation, scalar fields, the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, the multiverse and even Euclidian time. If you don't understand all these concepts... DON'T WORRY. You will understand them after reading this delightful book.
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