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" / Mary-Jane Rubenstein.

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 i...

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Main Author:	Rubenstein, Mary-Jane
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Cosmology > Popular works. Cosmology. Popular works.