内容简介
Einstein'stheoryofgeneralrelativityopensthedoortootheruniverses,andweirduniversesatthat:universesthatallowtimetravel,universeswhereyoucanseethebackofyourhead,universesthatspinandbounceormultiplywithoutlimit.TheBookofUniversesgivesusastunningtourofthesepotentialuniverses,introducingusalongthewaytothebrilliantphysicistsandmathematicianswhofirstrevealedtheirstartlingpossibilities.JohnD.Barrowexplainsthelatestdiscoveriesandideasthatphysicsandastronomyhavetoofferaboutourownuniverse,showinghowthesefindingsleadtotheconceptofthe"multiverse"theUniverseofallpossibleuniverses.Newideasforceustoconfrontthepossibilitythatourvisibleuniverseisatinyregion,governedbyitsownlaws,withinaMultiversecontainingallthestrangeuniversesthatcouldbeanideathatisamongthemostexcitingandrevolutionaryinallofmodernscience.