![]() ![]() ![]() There is here no end but an abyss of a real immensity, in presence of which all the capability of human conception sinks exhausted. ![]() fills the understanding with wonder, with what astonishment are we transported when we behold the infinite multitude of worlds and systems which fill the extension of the Milky Way! But how is this astonishment increased, when we become aware that all these immense orders of star-worlds again form one of a number whose termination we do not know! . . . ![]() If the grandeur of a planetary world . . . Neither the author nor Columbia University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Printed in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 cover art and design: Kenan Rubenstein References to Web sites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. This book is printed on paper with recycled content. QB982.R83 2014 523.1-dc23 2013027560 Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Worlds without end : the many lives of the multiverse . . . in which are discussed pre-, early-, and postmodern multiple-worlds cosmologies : the sundry arguments for and against them : the striking peculiarities of their adherents and detractors : the shifting boundaries of science, philosophy, and religion : and the stubbornly persistent question of whether creation has been “designed” / Mary-Jane Rubenstein. in which are discussed pre-, early-, and postmodern multipleworlds cosmologies the sundry arguments for and against them the striking peculiarities of their adherents and detractors the shifting boundaries of science, philosophy, and religion and the stubbornly persistent question of whether creation has been “designed” Mary-Jane Rubenstein Columbia University Press New York Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex Copyright © 2014 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rubenstein, Mary-Jane. Worlds Without End Worlds Without End T H E M A N Y L I V E S O F T H E M U LT I V E R S E. ![]()
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