Access

Books and Arts

Nature 441, 285 (18 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/441285a; Published online 17 May 2006

Open Innovation Challenges

naturejobs

From here to eternity

Peter Coles1

Top

How do physicists cope with the concept of infinity in an expanding Universe?

BOOK REVIEWEDThe Infinite Cosmos: Questions from the Frontiers of Cosmology

by Joseph Silk

Oxford University Press: 2006. 256 pp. £18.99, $29.95

Scientists usually have an uncomfortable time coping with the concept of infinity. Over the past century, physicists have had a particularly difficult relationship with the notion of boundlessness.

MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS

These links to content published by NPG are automatically generated.

NEWS AND VIEWS

A new theory of the Universe

Nature News and Views (15 May 1975)

Cosmology back to the beginning

Nature News and Views (30 Apr 1992)

See all 6 matches for News And Views