Our Living Multiverse: A Book of Genesis in 0+7 Chapters - Softcover

Adams, Fred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131451332 ISBN 13: 9780131451339

Publisher: Pi Press, 2003

About this title

About the Author

Fred Adams is a professor of physics at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and continued his research at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He is the recipient of the Robert J. Trumpler Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the Helen B. Warner Prize from the American Astronomical Society, and the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

From the Back Cover

Imagine life as we know it exists on a tiny speck of dust floating through nearly empty space in a universe that is but a tiny island in a vast multiverse.

Welcome home.

"Simply the best cosmology book to come along in a long, long time. Adams addresses the fundamental question of why we are here. It is the first popular cosmology book I will have been willing to recommend in more than five years. Wonderful."

―Adrian L. Melott,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas

"In this beautifully written book, Fred Adams does a terrific job of describing our current understanding of what's been going on in the last 14 billion years, as elaborate galaxies, stars, planets, and people have emerged from a smooth and simple Big Bang. This book is original, delightful, and full of ideas."

―Robert P. Kirschner,Harvard University, author of The Extravagant Universe

"This finely illustrated book describes, clearly and accessibly, our new insights into the grand scheme of cosmic evolution."

―Martin Rees,Cambridge University, author of Just Six Numbers and Our Cosmic Habitat

"With so much talk about the frontier of biology these days, I welcome the occasional reminder that the laws of physics control the formation and evolution of life. In Our Living Multiverse, Fred Adams deftly traces how these laws have shaped the cosmos, from the Big Bang to the present, and how they continue to guide our search for life in the universe."

―Neil deGrasse Tyson,Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, New York

Edition details

• Publisher: Pi Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131451332
• ISBN 13: 9780131451339
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272