The Universe Next Door: A Journey Through 55 Parallel Worlds and Possible Futures - Softcover

New Scientist

Softcover

ISBN 10: 147362861X ISBN 13: 9781473628618

Publisher: John Murray, 2017

Synopsis

A journey through 55 alternative realities, parallel worlds and possible futures.It's lucky you're here. But for a series of incredible coincidences and roads not taken, your life could be very different. The same goes for reality. We live in just one of many possible worlds. In others, dinosaurs still rule the Earth, the Russians got to the Moon first, time flows backwards and everyone is vegetarian.And that's just for starters. What if the laws of physics were different? If we really did live in a multiverse? If robots became smarter than us? If humans were wiped off the face of the planet?Join New Scientist on a thrilling journey through these and dozens of other incredible but perfectly possible alternative realities, thought experiments and counterfactual histories - each shining a surprising and unexpected spotlight on life as we know it.

About this title

Book Description:

A journey through 55 alternative realities, parallel worlds and possible futures from the million-selling New Scientist series.

About the Author:

Since the first magazine was published in 1956, New Scientist has established a world-beating reputation for exploring and uncovering the latest developments and discoveries in science and technology, placing them in context and exploring what they mean for the future. Each week through a variety of different channels, including print, online, social media and more, New Scientist reaches over four million highly engaged readers - over a million readers for the print magazine alone.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 147362861X
• ISBN 13: 9781473628618
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272