An edition of Worlds without end (2014)

Worlds without end

the many lives of the multiverse ... in which are discussed pre-, early-, and postmodern multiple-worlds cosmologies : the sundry arguments for and against them : the striking peculiarities of their adherents and detractors : the shifting boundaries of science, philosophy, and religion : and the stubbornly persistent question of whether creation has been "designed"

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An edition of Worlds without end (2014)

Worlds without end

the many lives of the multiverse ... in which are discussed pre-, early-, and postmodern multiple-worlds cosmologies : the sundry arguments for and against them : the striking peculiarities of their adherents and detractors : the shifting boundaries of science, philosophy, and religion : and the stubbornly persistent question of whether creation has been "designed"

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Beginning with ancient Atomist and Stoic philosophies, Rubenstein links contemporary models of the multiverse to their forerunners and explores the reasons for their recent appearance. One concerns the so-called fine-tuning of the universe: nature's constants are so delicately calibrated that it seems they have been set just right to allow life to emerge. In their very efforts to sidestep metaphysics, theoretical physicists propose multiverse scenarios that collide with it and even produce counter-theological narratives. Far from invalidating multiverse hypotheses, Rubenstein argues, this interdisciplinary collision actually secures their scientific viability.

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English
Pages
343

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Table of Contents

Introduction: How to avoid the G-word
A single, complete whole
Ancient openings of multiplicity
Navigating the infinite
Measuring the immeasurable
Bangs, bubbles, and branes: atomists versus stoics, take two
Ascending to the ultimate multiverse
Unendings: on the entanglement of science and religion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
523.1
Library of Congress
QB982 .R83 2014, QB982.R83 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 343 pages
Number of pages
343

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Open Library
OL27167031M
Internet Archive
worldswithoutend0000rube
ISBN 10
0231156626
ISBN 13
9780231156622
LCCN
2013027560
OCLC/WorldCat
842879191

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