From multiverses to cities: Books in brief
The Allure of the Multiverse Paul Halpern Basic (2024) The term ‘multiverse’ was coined in the 1890s by philosopher and psychologist William James, to describe a cosmos without distinction between right and wrong. Decades later, the word entered physics, owing to the 1950s many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Today, it is a source of controversy, … Read more