{"product_id":"before-the-big-bang-our-origins-in-the-multiverse-9781784709341","title":"Before the Big Bang: Our Origins in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the world's most celebrated cosmologists presents her breakthrough explanation of our origins in the multiverse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating'\u003c\/b\u003e ROGER PENROSE, Nobel laureate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'What if our universe is but an infinitesimal fragment of reality? What would this \"multiverse\" be like? There is no better guide to the bizarre, and sometimes paradoxical, cosmic super-realm than Laura Mersini-Houghton' \u003c\/b\u003ePaul Davies, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat's Eating the Universe?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn recent years, Laura Mersini-Houghton's ground-breaking theory, spectacularly vindicated with observational evidence, has turned the multiverse from philosophical speculation to one of the most compelling and credible explanations of our universe's origins. In \u003ci\u003eBefore the Big Bang\u003c\/i\u003e, she interweaves the story of how she arrived at this theory with her journey from communist Albania, where she was born and brought up, to the West, showing how her unconventional path helped her to challenge orthodoxies and become one of the most courageous thinkers on the world stage of theoretical physics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A riveting tour of the cosmos from the one of the brightest minds in astrophysics' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fascinating and unusual hybrid of pop science and memoir' \u003c\/b\u003e5*, Stephen Poole, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the world's most renowned cosmologists offers insights into the majestic world of the quantum multiverse' \u003c\/b\u003eStephon Alexander, author of \u003ci\u003eFear of a Black Universe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating account\u003c\/b\u003e -- SIR ROGER PENROSE, Nobel laureate\u003cbr\u003eWhat if our universe, vast though it may be, is but an infinitesimal fragment of reality? What would this 'multiverse' be like? And how could we possibly test the idea? \u003cb\u003eThere is no better guide to the bizarre, and sometimes paradoxical, cosmic super-realm than Laura Mersini-Houghton\u003c\/b\u003e -- PAUL DAVIES, author of What’s Eating the Universe?\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of the \u003cb\u003eworld's most renowned cosmologists\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBefore the Big Bang\u003c\/i\u003e offers insights into the Big Bang and, beyond it, into the majestic world of a quantum multiverse -- STEPHON ALEXANDER, author of Fear of a Black Universe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating and unusual hybrid of pop science and memoir...\u003c\/b\u003e The author's explanation of such exotic ideas is vivid and good-humoured, and much enlivened by tableaux from her education in Albania -- Stephen Poole * Daily Telegraph, 5* *\u003cbr\u003eThe age-old cosmological question of how and why the Big Bang happened has\u003cb\u003e never been tackled with such aplomb\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph, *Books of the Year* *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741256560983,"sku":"9781784709341","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784709341.jpg?v=1720057043","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/before-the-big-bang-our-origins-in-the-multiverse-9781784709341","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}