Tom Siegfried is the former Editor-in-Chief of Science News. Before that he was the science editor of the Dallas Morning News. His previous books include The Bit and the Pendulum, Strange Matters, and A Beautiful Math. He has written for Nature, Science, Astronomy, New Scientist, and Smithsonian, and his work has been included in The Best American Science Writing. He has received a number of awards, including the Science Communication Award from the American Institute of Physics and the Robert C. Cowen Award from the American Geophysical Union.
The best new book on the Multiverse out this year.
*Forbes*
The Number of the Heavens is a thrilling history of our quest to
grasp the whole of reality and determine our place within it.
Whether there is one universe or many, Siegfried's masterful prose
allows us all to delight in our species' passionate urge to look up
and wonder.
*Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe*
While it is debatable how closer we might be to verifying the
multiverse compared to Aristotle, a recounting of the history of
this philosophical and scientific debate in the entertaining and
often tongue-in-cheek tone of Siegfried is certainly
fascinating.
*Nature Astronomy*
This ‘multiverse,’ a hot topic of debate in physics today, is only
the latest example of how scientists have expanded our
horizons…This intriguing book examines that changing understanding
of the universe, and of science as well.
*Space Review*
You might think this book is only about the multiverse, but it’s
really about something bigger: how science has been done through
the ages—and how our perspective changes along with our view of the
cosmos.
*GeekWire*
This clear and thoughtful work of popular science serves as a
fascinating history of one of the most provocative concepts in
modern physics, while also tracing its roots in ancient ideas and
exploring its implications for this universe and others.
*Publishers Weekly (starred review)*
What sets this book by Siegfried apart from others is the quality
of his writing, as well as the direct links he draws between
contemporary and ancient views of the multiverse concept.
*Library Journal*
Starting with the ancient Greeks…chronicles how the concept of the
multiverse has evolved as scientists’ understanding of the universe
has expanded.
*Science News*
The most readable tour of cosmology from the perspective of the
multiverse to date.
*New York Journal of Books*
Packed with surprising historical tidbits and witty asides,
Siegfried tells the riveting tale of millennia-long efforts to
define not merely the extent of existence, but also the nature of
science itself.
*K. C. Cole, author of The Universe and the Teacup: The
Mathematics of Truth and Beauty*
Prepare to enter the mysterious realm of the multiverse! The Number
of the Heavens displays unusual depth across several fields of
research, allowing scientists, historians, and the general public
to experience firsthand a debate of great cosmological import.
*Steven J. Dick, former NASA Chief Historian*
Examining the positions of medieval thinkers and today’s physicists
alike, this book is a very thorough and timely study of the concept
of the multiverse through the ages.
*Marcelo Gleiser, author of The Simple Beauty of the
Unexpected*
Combining interviews of modern physicists and philosophers with a
detailed historical narrative of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance
interpretations of the word ‘world,’ Siegfried’s text fills an
important gap in the expanding body of multiverse literature.
*Physics Today*
A fast-paced account of the multiverse.
*Book Riot*
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