The Multiverse

• Other Authors: Alonso-Serrano, Ana (Editor), Dąbrowski, Mariusz P. (Editor), Naumann, Thomas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Astronomy, space & time; multiverse; Leibniz; other worlds; multiverse levels; habitability; stars; quantum cosmology; origin of the universe; time reversal symmetry; planets; life; varying constants; anthropic principle; multiverse entanglement; multiverse tests; mass extinctions; string theory; string landscape; dark energy; creation from nothing; soft entry; quantum gravity; Wheeler-de Witt-equation; Bohm-like interpretation; volume-quantisation; space atoms; information storage and transfer; philosophy of multiverse; categories of multiverses; different physics universes; superstring multiverse; dark multiverse; universe-antiuniverse pair creation; multiverse habitability: stars, planets, life, consciousness; falsifiability of multiverses
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The multiverse is a concept that acknowledges the existence of a multiplicity of worlds or universes. The designs of these universes do not have to be the same as our universe, but we have no clear view of what the "other" designs might be. It is suspected that they can obey different laws of physics and different constants of physics, which further implies different chemistry, biology, and life. Some say that the universes within the multiverse allow for different mathematics or even for different metamathematical logic. This book discusses most of the above aspects of the multiverse concept starting with the philosophy, through all the mathematical and physical subtleties, finally exploring the origin of life and consciousness. This book provides a satisfying intellectual exploration of front-edge advances in contemporary cosmology.