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2010033496 contributor B11776811.
2010033496 created "[2010].".
2010033496 date "2010".
2010033496 date "[2010].".
2010033496 dateCopyrighted "[2010].".
2010033496 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
2010033496 description "Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements. -- Preface: The Search. -- Introduction: In an Infinite Universe, Anything Is Possible. -- 1. 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. -- 2. 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. -- 3. 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. -- 4. 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. -- 5. (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! -- 6. 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. -- 7. 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.".
2010033496 extent "xii, 227 p. ;".
2010033496 identifier "9780470613528 (cloth)".
2010033496 identifier "9780470926567 (ebk)".
2010033496 identifier 9780470613528.jpg.
2010033496 issued "2010".
2010033496 issued "[2010].".
2010033496 language "eng".
2010033496 publisher "Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley,".
2010033496 subject "523.1 22".
2010033496 subject "Cosmology.".
2010033496 subject "Infinite.".
2010033496 subject "QB981 .G7566 2010".
2010033496 subject "Quantum theory.".
2010033496 subject "Space and time.".
2010033496 tableOfContents "Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements. -- Preface: The Search. -- Introduction: In an Infinite Universe, Anything Is Possible. -- 1. 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. -- 2. 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. -- 3. 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. -- 4. 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. -- 5. (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! -- 6. 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. -- 7. 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.".
2010033496 title "In search of the multiverse : parallel worlds, hidden dimensions, and the ultimate quest for the frontiers of reality / John Gribbin.".
2010033496 type "text".