2006 first edition hardcover with dust jacket and 235 pages in very good condition.

Among his peers, Alex Vilenkin is regarded as one of the most imaginative and creative cosmologists of our time. His contributions to our current understanding of the universe include a number of novel ideas, two of whicheternal cosmic inflation and the quantum creation of the universe from nothinghave provided a scientific foundation for the possible existence of multiple universes.

With this bookhis first for the general readerVilenkin joins another select group: the handful of first-rank scientists who are equally adept at explaining their work to nonspecialists. With engaging, well-paced storytelling, a droll sense of humor, and a generous sprinkling of helpful cartoons, he conjures up a bizarre and fascinating new worldview thatto paraphrase Niels Bohrjust might be crazy enough to be true.