Our mathematical universe : my quest for the ultimate nature of reality / Max Tegmark.
By: Tegmark, Max [author.].
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014Edition: First edition.Description: viii, 421 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780307599803 (hbk.); 9780307744258 (pbk.).Subject(s): Cosmology -- Mathematics | Physics -- Mathematics | Plurality of worlds | MATHEMATICS / General | SCIENCE / Physics | SCIENCE / CosmologyDDC classification: 523.101/51 Other classification: MAT000000 | SCI055000 | SCI015000 Online resources: Cover image Summary: "Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present, and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and ground-breaking science, he not only helps us grasp his often mind-boggling theories (his website gives a flavor of how they might boggle the mind), but he also shares with us some of the often surprising triumphs and disappointments that have shaped his life as a scientist. Fascinating from first to last--here is a book for the full science-reading spectrum"-- Provided by publisher.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Gifted by Paramjit Singh.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-405) and index.
"Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present, and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and ground-breaking science, he not only helps us grasp his often mind-boggling theories (his website gives a flavor of how they might boggle the mind), but he also shares with us some of the often surprising triumphs and disappointments that have shaped his life as a scientist. Fascinating from first to last--here is a book for the full science-reading spectrum"-- Provided by publisher.