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The Origin of Our Universe from the Multiverse - With Laura Mersini-Houghton

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This lecture explores the origin of the universe through multiverse theory, covering entropy, determinism, the quantum-to-classical transition, string theory, quantum cosmology, and cosmic variations.

Syllabus

Introduction
The story of the universe in one slide
Why does entropy make the universe seemingly impossible?
The origin of the universe in philosophy
Is the universe deterministic
The quantum to classical transition
Developing the theory of the multiverse
A crisis in string theory
Using quantum cosmology
The cold spot theory and cosmic variants
The progress of cosmology
Dinner in a nuclear reactor

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The Royal Institution

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