Cosmic Queries– Multiverse Madness with Max Tegmark
14 March - 47 minsDo we live in one of many universes? On this episode of StarTalk, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice investigate the theory of the multiverse with physicist, author, and professor Max Tegmark.
(Originally Aired March 22, 2021)
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