In Search of the Multiverse by Gribbin, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Epigraph Acknowledgments Preface: The Search Introduction Chapter 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

Chapter 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

Chapter 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

Chapter 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

Chapter 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!

Chapter 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

Chapter 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