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The Guardian's Science Weekly: Just how many universes are there?

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Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, joins us in the studio to help us get our heads around multiverse theory. His new book The Hidden Reality is out now.

Brian also poses a question that will be answered in next week's maths special podcast. Please post any other equations you need solving or mathematical questions you would like to ask on our blog (below).

Tim Jackson, professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey and author of Prosperity Without Growth, responds to Guardian listeners' questions in a live web chat. We sat with him throughout the Q&A session.

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Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, joins us in the studio to help us get our heads around multiverse theory. His new book The Hidden Reality is out now.

Brian also poses a question that will be answered in next week's maths special podcast. Please post any other equations you need solving or mathematical questions you would like to ask on our blog (below).

Tim Jackson, professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey and author of Prosperity Without Growth, responds to Guardian listeners' questions in a live web chat. We sat with him throughout the Q&A session.

Subscribe for free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed).

Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science.

Email scienceweeklypodcast@gmail.com.

Guardian Science is now on Facebook. You can also join our Science Weekly Facebook group.

We're always here when you need us. Listen back through our archive.

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