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"Hidden Worlds" Part 1 - Parallel Worlds

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Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
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Dr David Wallace discusses the concept of the multiverse – a physical reality that contains lots of universes, each of which inhabited by different versions of ourselves.
These parallel worlds sound like science fiction, but the theory is sound, even if we’re not able to actually interact with them.

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Series
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
People
David Wallace
Keywords
research
experimental
creative
culture
Physics
universe
multiverse
quantum
superposition
world
stringtheory
Department: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Date Added: 15/12/2014
Duration: 00:10:37

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