The Allure of the Multiverse
Extra Dimensions, Other Worlds, and Parallel Universes
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Paul Halpern
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The long history of one of physics' most enticing ideas: that the universe we know isn't the only one.
Our books, our movies—our imaginations—are obsessed with extra dimensions, alternate timelines, and the sense that all we see might not be all there is. In short, we can't stop thinking about the multiverse. As it turns out, physicists are similarly captivated.
In The Allure of the Multiverse, physicist Paul Halpern tells the epic story of how science became besotted with the multiverse, and the controversies that ensued. The questions that brought scientists to this point are big and deep: Is reality such that anything can happen, must happen? How does quantum mechanics "choose" the outcomes of its apparently random processes? And why is the universe habitable? Each question quickly leads to the multiverse.
Drawing on centuries of disputation and deep vision, from luminaries like Nietzsche, Einstein, and the creators of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Halpern reveals the multiplicity of multiverses that scientists have imagined to make sense of our reality. Whether we live in one of many different possible universes, or simply the only one there is, might never be certain. But Halpern shows one thing for sure: how stimulating it can be to try to find out.
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- De: Brian Greene
- Narrado por: Brian Greene
- Duración: 13 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,673
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,214
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,194
There was a time when “universe” meant all there is. Everything. Yet, in recent years discoveries in physics and cosmology have led a number of scientists to conclude that our universe may be one among many. With crystal-clear prose and inspired use of analogy, Brian Greene shows how a range of different “multiverse” proposals emerges from theories developed to explain the most refined observations of both subatomic particles and the dark depths of space.
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4 out of 5 stars
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This book & Greene's analogies connected Qs to As
- De Blair en 02-02-11
De: Brian Greene
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Einstein’s Dice and Schrödinger’s Cat
- How Two Great Minds Battled Quantum Randomness to Create a Unified Theory of Physics
- De: Paul Halpern
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 495
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 443
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Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger were friends and comrades-in-arms against what they considered the most preposterous aspects of quantum physics: its indeterminacy. Einstein famously quipped that God does not play dice with the universe, and Schrödinger is equally well known for his thought experiment about the cat in the box who ends up "spread out" in a probabilistic state, neither wholly alive nor wholly dead.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very good physics book.
- De Alberto en 05-02-15
De: Paul Halpern
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The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics
- De: Sean Carroll, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Sean Carroll
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 72
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In a field known for startling ideas, the Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics may take the prize. It holds that parallel to our own world are a large number of other universes, almost identical to ours but with small variations. Copies of each of us inhabit a myriad of these worlds. But they are not us exactly; they share our past history, but they are different people who have unique futures. Although these realms are invisible and can’t communicate with each other, prominent physicists are convinced they must exist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sean Carroll always has such amazing content
- De Amazon Customer en 12-26-23
De: Sean Carroll, y otros
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The Simulated Multiverse
- An MIT Computer Scientist Explores Parallel Universes, the Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Computing and the Mandela Effect
- De: Rizwan Virk
- Narrado por: Rodney Tompkins
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 44
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Do multiple versions of ourselves exist in parallel universes living out their lives in different timelines? In this follow-up to his best seller, The Simulation Hypothesis, MIT computer scientist and Silicon Valley game pioneer Rizwan Virk explores these topics from a new lens: that of simulation theory. Bringing his unique trademark style of combining video games, computer science, quantum physics, and computing with lots of philosophy and science fiction, Virk gives us a new way to think about not just our universe, but all possible timelines in the multiverse!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Reality Redefined via Simulation Metaphysics!
- De Amazon Customer en 09-23-22
De: Rizwan Virk
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An Infinity of Worlds
- Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe
- De: Will Kinney
- Narrado por: Graham Rowat
- Duración: 5 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6
In the beginning was the Big Bang: an unimaginably hot fire almost fourteen billion years ago in which the first elements were forged. The physical theory of the hot nascent universe—the Big Bang—was one of the most consequential developments in twentieth-century science. And yet it leaves many questions unanswered: Why is the universe so big? Why is it so old? What is the origin of structure in the cosmos? In An Infinity of Worlds, physicist Will Kinney explains a more recent theory that may hold the answers to these questions and even explain the ultimate origins of the universe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Raised my interest in inflation
- De Human Reed en 06-11-23
De: Will Kinney
horrific narration
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Disappointing
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