Infinity of Worlds

Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe

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Will Kinney: Infinity of Worlds (2022, MIT Press)

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Published July 19, 2022 by MIT Press.

ISBN:
978-0-262-04648-0
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OCLC Number:
1252739248

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I read it last year. I've heard "inflation" thrown around before, but never knew what it meant. I think this book does a perfect job of explaining it. It explains the foundations of cosmology that are generally accepted. It explains the observations that need a new explanation. It enumerates the proposed explanations and why inflation is the best. It covers testable predictions. And untestable possibilities, which are perhaps meaningless from a physics standpoint, but enjoyable to consider nonetheless.

All that is explained without maths. The author has a lecture series on YouTube that goes into the technicalities. But I certainly appreciated the simplified version!

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