Exploring the Multiverse
   Some leading cosmologists argue that it is no longer a question of whether other universes exist. It is simply a question of how many different levels there are to the so-called Multiverse. For example, almost all working cosmologists already accept the existence of regions of space beyond the accessible and observable part of the universe. These comprise distant regions which are so far apart from us that we could never reach them, even if we traveled at the speed of light forever, provided that general relativity is correct and that the expansion of our universe keeps accelerating forever. Other, more speculative, levels of the Multiverse have been discussed that are nonetheless straightforward logical extrapolations of our best theories of physics, which have been extremely well tested in other regimes. However, it remains a significant challenge to determine how to test theories that predict various types of Multiverse, especially because they might include regions that seem to be unobservable, in principle. This controversial topic thus represents an exciting area at the leading edge of theoretical physics.
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“The Fabric of Reality” by Andrew Friedman,Berkeley Scientific Journal, Vol. 5, Issue 1, Spring 2001, p 28-30 [PDF]
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I served as a Science Consultant for NOVA, The Nature of Reality, the physics blog of the PBS television station, WGBH Boston. I worked with NOVA's Greg Kestin, consulting on the narration text and content for videos he created, including...
I was a Science Consultant for NOVA, The Nature of Reality, the physics blog of the PBS TV station, WGBH Boston for Greg Kestin's video “4 Multiverses You Might Be Living In”. Also see Charles Q. Choi's excellent article accompanying the video.
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I was selected to participate in the UC Santa Cruz Institute for the Philosophy of Cosmology, a 3-week summer workshop sponsored by the Rutgers Templeton Project in the Philosophy of Cosmology. Lecture videos are online under the “Program” link (Jun 23-July 14, 2013)
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF Award #1056580 (2012-2014) through an NSF Science, Technology, and Society Postdoctoral Fellowship at MIT and the NSF INSPIRE program via NSF Award #1541160 (2015-2020).

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