The life of the cosmos

In 'The Life of the Cosmos', Lee Smolin presents a theory of cosmological natural selection, suggesting that the collapse of black holes could lead to the creation of new universes.

These daughter universes would have fundamental constants and parameters similar to those of the parent universe but with some variations, allowing for both inheritance and mutations.

The theory posits that universes with 'unsuccessful' parameters would reach heat death before reproducing, thus favoring certain universal parameters over others.

The book is written in a highly intellectual style and explores the implications of this theory in depth.