Preface ix
1 The Bounds of Reality
3(7)
On Parallel Worlds
2 Endless Doppelgangers
10(27)
The Quilted Multiverse
3 Eternity and Infinity
37(35)
The Inflationary Multiverse
4 Unifying Nature's Laws
72(32)
On the Road to String Theory
5 Hovering Universes in Nearby Dimensions
104(24)
The Brane and Cyclic Multiverses
6 New Thinking About an Old Constant
128(36)
The Landscape Multiverse
7 Science and the Multiverse
164(25)
On Inference, Explanation, and Prediction
8 The Many Worlds of Quantum Measurement
189(49)
The Quantum Multiverse
9 Black Holes and Holograms
238(36)
The Holographic Multiverse
10 Universes, Computers, and Mathematical Reality
274(33)
The Simulated and Ultimate Multiverses
11 The Limits of Inquiry
307(16)
Multiverses and the Future
Notes 323(30)
Suggestions for Further Reading 353(2)
Index 355