Welcome to the Multiverse

Welcome to the Multiverse
Author: Ira Nayman
Publisher: Elsewhen Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2012-11-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1908168196

This hilarious science-fiction comedy novel follows the first case for Noomi Rapier, rookie investigator with The Transdimensional Authority - the organisation that regulates travel between dimensions. When a dead body is found slumped over a modified transdimensional machine, Noomi and her more experienced partner, Crash Chumley, must find the dead man's accomplices and discover what they were doing with the technology. Their investigation leads them to a variety of realities where Noomi comes face-to-face with four very different incarnations of herself, forcing her to consider how the choices she makes and the circumstances into which she is born determine who she is. Ira Nayman's new novel is both an hilarious romp through multiple dimensions in a variety of alternate realities, and a gentle satire on fate, ambition and expectation. Welcome to the Multiverse (Sorry for the Inconvenience) will appeal to comedy fans who have been bereft of much good science-fiction fare these last eleven years. Ira's style is at times surreal, even off-the-wall, with the humour flying at you from unexpected angles; he describes it as fractal humour. Anyone who has read his Alternate Reality News Service stories will know how funny Ira is. The characters we meet from around the multiverse deserve to become firm favourites with all fans of science fiction comedy.

Welcome to the Universe

Welcome to the Universe
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2016-09-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1400883229

The New York Times bestselling tour of the cosmos from three of today's leading astrophysicists Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton, this book covers it all—from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes, wormholes, and time travel. Describing the latest discoveries in astrophysics, the informative and entertaining narrative propels you from our home solar system to the outermost frontiers of space. How do stars live and die? Why did Pluto lose its planetary status? What are the prospects of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? How did the universe begin? Why is it expanding and why is its expansion accelerating? Is our universe alone or part of an infinite multiverse? Answering these and many other questions, the authors open your eyes to the wonders of the cosmos, sharing their knowledge of how the universe works. Breathtaking in scope and stunningly illustrated throughout, Welcome to the Universe is for those who hunger for insights into our evolving universe that only world-class astrophysicists can provide.

A Brief Welcome to the Universe

A Brief Welcome to the Universe
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0691223610

A pocket-style edition based on the New York Times bestseller A Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes and time loops. Bestselling authors and acclaimed astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott take readers on an unforgettable journey of exploration to reveal how our universe actually works. Propelling you from our home solar system to the outermost frontiers of space, this book builds your cosmic insight and perspective through a marvelously entertaining narrative. How do stars live and die? What are the prospects of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? How did the universe begin? Why is it expanding and accelerating? Is our universe alone or part of an infinite multiverse? Exploring these and many other questions, this pocket-friendly book is your passport into the wonders of our evolving cosmos.

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse
Author: K. Eason
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2019-10-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0756415306

First in a duology that reimagines fairy tale tropes within a space opera—The Princess Bride meets Princess Leia. Rory Thorne is a princess with thirteen fairy blessings, the most important of which is to see through flattery and platitudes. As the eldest daughter, she always imagined she’d inherit her father’s throne and govern the interplanetary Thorne Consortium. Then her father is assassinated, her mother gives birth to a son, and Rory is betrothed to the prince of a distant world. When Rory arrives in her new home, she uncovers a treacherous plot to unseat her newly betrothed and usurp his throne. An unscrupulous minister has conspired to name himself Regent to the minor (and somewhat foolish) prince. With only her wits and a small team of allies, Rory must outmaneuver the Regent and rescue the prince. How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse is a feminist reimagining of familiar fairytale tropes and a story of resistance and self-determination—how small acts of rebellion can lead a princess to not just save herself, but change the course of history.

Perjure, Book 1

Perjure, Book 1
Author: S. R. Hansford
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2016-02-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781530263851

75% discount to 99 cents for DAY ONE ONLY. Your universe has died. The Earth has been destroyed. Everything you loved is gone forever. That's what they told Carter when he woke up surrounded by other people whose universes had died. A sprawling organization called The Watchers had rescued them from the terrifying void of the Multiverse and told them there was no hope of saving their worlds. But Carter says they're wrong. Now he hunts Nairoth: A conscious, thinking disease who knows how to revive the Earth, and who has a habit of infecting humans. When Nairoth spreads into a new universe, the Watchers send in Mer, a beautiful Multiverse celebrity with a scandalous past, to wipe out the virulent disease. She's joined by Ank, a mysterious Watcher who walks tall and speaks little; and they're secretly followed by a Watcher named Rial-the only one who knows the dark truth about Ank. 75% discount to 99 cents for DAY ONE ONLY.

How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge

How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge
Author: K. Eason
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2020
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0756415314

Space pirate Rory Thorne and her crew trace an abandoned ship to vicious advanced alien tech and a sentient floral plant designed to be a massive biological weapon.

Welcome to the Universe in 3D

Welcome to the Universe in 3D
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2022-04-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0691194076

Presenting a rich array of stereoscopic color images, which can be viewed in 3D using a special stereo viewer that folds easily out of the cover of the book, this book reveals your cosmic environment as you have never seen it before. Journey into the vast depths of the observable universe by visualising the most spectacular images in astronomy in stereoscopic 3D. Welcome to the Universe in 3D takes you on a grand tour of the observable universe, guiding you through the most spectacular sights in the cosmos a in breathtaking 3D. Astronomy is the story of how humankind's perception of the two-dimensional dome of the sky evolved into a far deeper comprehension of an expanding three-dimensional cosmos. This book invites you to take part in this story by exploring the universe in depth, as revealed by cutting-edge astronomical research and observations. You will journey from the Moon through the solar system, out to exoplanets, distant nebulas, and galaxy clusters, until you finally reach the cosmic microwave background radiation (or CMB), the most distant light we can observe. The distances to these celestial wonders range from 1.3 light-seconds to 13.8 billion light-years. Along the way, the authors explain the fascinating features of what you are seeing, including how the 3D images were made using the same technique that early astronomers devised to measure distances to objects in space. The dramatic 3D images in this one-of-a-kind book will astonish you, extending your vision out to the farthest reaches of the universe. You will never look up into the night sky the same way again.

Perjure Book 1

Perjure Book 1
Author: S. R. Hansford
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2015-08-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781512187991

Your universe has died. The Earth has been destroyed. Everything you loved is gone forever. That's what they told Carter when he woke up surrounded by other people whose universes had died. A sprawling organization called The Watchers had rescued them from the terrifying void of the Multiverse and told them there was no hope of saving their worlds. But Carter says they're wrong. Now he hunts Nairoth: A conscious, thinking disease who knows how to revive the Earth, and who has a habit of infecting humans. When Nairoth spreads into a new universe, the Watchers send in Mer, a beautiful Multiverse celebrity with a scandalous past, to wipe out the virulent disease. She's joined by Ank, a mysterious Watcher who walks tall and speaks little; and they're secretly followed by a Watcher named Rial-the only one who knows the dark truth about Ank.

God, the Multiverse, and Everything

God, the Multiverse, and Everything
Author: Rodney D. Holder
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1351932683

Modern cosmology tells us that the universe is remarkably 'fine-tuned' for life. If the constants of physics or the initial conditions at the Big Bang were different by the smallest of margins then the universe would have been dull and lifeless. Why should the universe be so accommodating to life? Many cosmologists believe that the existence of many universes can explain why ours is so special. In this book Rodney Holder subjects this 'multiverse' hypothesis to rigorous philosophical critique. A multitude of problems is exposed. Going substantially further than existing treatments, Holder argues that divine design is the best explanation for cosmic fine-tuning, specifically that design by God is a superior explanation in terms of both initial plausibility and explanatory power, and is therefore the most rational position to take on the basis of the cosmological data.