Science And Society

Cosmic inflation, multiple universes, big bang, string theory. Dr. Alex Vilenkin has been doing research in cosmology for more than 25 years. He has published over 170 research papers, a monograph on 'cosmic defects', and a popular book, 'Many Worlds in One: the Search for Other Universes'. Dr. Vilenkin is best known for his theories of eternal cosmic inflation, creation of the universe from nothing, and for his ground-breaking work on cosmic strings. He has also studied the implications of the possible existence of multiple universes.