Many Worlds in One: The search for other universes, by Alex Vilenkin

RENOWNED cosmologist Alex Vilenkin, who is director of the Tufts University Institute of Cosmology in Massachusetts is known for his theory describing how the universe originated from nothing – not empty space, not the physical vacuum, but pure nothingness. His book tackles that concept, and traces cosmology’s emerging picture of the universe from the big bang and inflation to quantum cosmology and multiple worlds. What we’re left with is an infinite number of infinite worlds in a single, finite universe. Sprinkled with funny anecdotes, it is a view from the front line, and will leave even a beginner with a…