MULTIVERSE

Oct. 20, 2019

A new book titled 'The Number of the Heavens' written by science journalist Tom Siegfried explores how the concept of the multiverse has evolved.

About:

  • Multiverse is a scientific concept under which some scientists believe that our universe may indeed be just one of many.

  • The multiverse is a hypothetical group of multiple universes. Together, these universes comprise everything that exists: the entirety of space, time, matter, energy, and the physical laws and constants that describe them.

  • The multiverse is also known as a maniverse, megaverse, metaverse, omniverse, or meta-universe. The different universes within the multiverse are called "parallel universes", "other universes", "alternate universes", or "alterverses".

  • Prominent physicists are divided about whether any other universes exist outside of our own. Stephen Hawking was one of the proponent of the multiverse hypotheses.