OUR MATHEMATICAL UNIVERSE

Author: Max Tegmark

Publisher: TRAULOS

ISBN: 978-618-5061-05-0

Dimensions: 14X21

Translation: Nikos Apostolopoulos

Scientific supervision: Kostas Kleidis

Pages: 656

Photos: 110 A/M

Hardcover, dust jacket

Mathematics, mathematics everywhere! The multiverses, parallel worlds, life, the external and internal reality, the beginning and the fateful end of the Universe, the Big Bang and the Death Bubbles, self-awareness and our emotions… everything is mathematical structures described by mathematical equations. Our Universe is mathematical – nothing else!

“Our Mathematical Universe” is physics, mathematics, and philosophy tightly woven into their most fruitful form. It is the book that reconsiders physical consistency. Within its pages lies the “something” that has awaited discovery. How is this remarkable effectiveness of mathematics in describing the Universe explained? How does mathematical democracy perceive the equivalence of a mathematical and a physical existence? What kind of exotic mathematics describes the unified multiverses? Which mathematical equations distinguish quantum immortality from quantum suicide? How much paradox lies in the mathematical transition from the microcosm to the macrocosm? Why are mathematical structures overlooked at the “human” scale with which we are familiar?

“If unanswered questions bother you, you are my reader. You don’t need to agree with everything I write; unleash the power of your mind – think of something truly vast – and enjoy the magic that comes from a radical upheaval of our familiar reality!”

Max Tegmark impressively tackles three major puzzles: How big is reality? Do we know what everything is made of? Why is our Universe what it is? In an accessible manner, interspersed with entertaining anecdotes and simple examples, Tegmark answers the big questions about the Universe and consciousness, leveraging his knowledge in Cosmology, Quantum Mechanics, and Mathematics.

However, for skeptics, the question remains: were all these mathematics invented or discovered? A spectacular journey into the past, present, and future.

Max Tegmark has authored, both solo and with colleagues, over two hundred scientific articles, twelve of which have been referenced more than five hundred times. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and is currently a professor of Physics at MIT.

“Our Mathematical Universe” is – if nothing else – an impressive book, well-written, with intelligent and thoroughly studied scientific arguments. A talented impresario of Physics presents scientific writing at its best: dynamic, gripping, and accessible.