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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- Preface: Before Our First Memory vii
- 1. The Beginning: Cosmology from Thales to Hawking 1
- 2. The Multiverse and the Ultimate Free Lunch 31
- 3. Hawking's U-Turn and a Universe from Nothing 71
- 4. String Theories and Colliding Branes 99
- 5. The Big Bounce 127
- 6. Deja Vu and the Cyclic Cosmos 153
- 7. Born from a Black Hole 183
- 8. Speeds of Light 209
- 9. Holograms and Missing Dimensions 235
- 10. Can the Universe Create Itself? 261
- 11. Science of Religion, Religion of Science 281
- 12. The End of the Beginning 307
- Acknowledgments 329
- Appendix: Big Bang Models Cheat Sheet 333
- Notes 337
- Index 357
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- Preface: Before Our First Memory vii
- 1. The Beginning: Cosmology from Thales to Hawking 1
- 2. The Multiverse and the Ultimate Free Lunch 31
- 3. Hawking's U-Turn and a Universe from Nothing 71
- 4. String Theories and Colliding Branes 99
- 5. The Big Bounce 127
- 6. Deja Vu and the Cyclic Cosmos 153
- 7. Born from a Black Hole 183
- 8. Speeds of Light 209
- 9. Holograms and Missing Dimensions 235
- 10. Can the Universe Create Itself? 261
- 11. Science of Religion, Religion of Science 281
- 12. The End of the Beginning 307
- Acknowledgments 329
- Appendix: Big Bang Models Cheat Sheet 333
- Notes 337
- Index 357
