Scientific alternatives to the anthropic principle

Universe or Multiverse?

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 323-366

  Smolin, Lee ^a  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107050990.022     Document Type: Chapter

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