Jan 22, 2014 bookshop santa cruz welcomes leading physicist, professor, and author max tegmark to discuss his new title, our mathematical universe. Feb 03, 2015 in our mathematical universe, max tegmark, one of the most original physicists at work today, leads us on an astonishing journey to explore the mysteries uncovered by cosmology and to discover the nature of reality parthistory of the cosmos, partintellectual adventure, our mathematical universe travels from the big bang to the distant future via parallel worlds, across every possible scale. Feb 23, 2015 with dazzling clarity, max tegmark ponders these deep mysteries and allows us to grasp the most cuttingedge and mindboggling theories of physics. Though the author exhibits humor and high selfregard, there are instances where the difference between the two remains unclear. His book seeks to induct the reader into a wildly speculative cosmic vision of infinite time and space and infinite parallel universes. But thusly reminded of my shortfall, i made another attempt and finally got to the end.
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