Zvichibva pamashoko anopiwa, taura zita revanhu vacho uye pfupiso yokuti vakabatsira sei kuti pave nepfungwa yenyika dzisingaperi kana kuti dzakawanda.
Context:Maererano nevamwe, pfungwa yenyika dzisingaperi yakatanga kutaurwa nomuzivi wechiGiriki wepamberi paSocrates Anaximander muzana remakore rechitanhatu B.C.E. Zvisinei, pane gakava pamusoro pokuti aidavira munyika dzakawanda here, uye kana aidavira, kuti nyika idzodzo dzaivapo panguva imwe chete here kana kuti dzaitevedzana. Vokutanga vatinogona kunongedzera zvakajeka pfungwa yenyika dzisingaverengeki ndivo maAtomist ekare echiGiriki, kutanga naLeucippus naDemocritus muzana ramakore rechishanu BCE, vachiteverwa naEpicurus (341-270 BCE) naLucretius (1st century BCE). Muzana remakore rechitatu B.C.E., muzivi anonzi Chrysippus akataura kuti nyika yaizogara ichipera uye ichizotangazve kuvapo, zvichinyatsoratidza kuti kwaiva nemamwe mapuraneti akawanda. Pfungwa yenyika dzakawanda yakava yakanyatsotsanangurwa muMiddle Ages. Muzivi weAmerica uye nyanzvi yepfungwa William James akashandisa shoko rokuti "multiverse" muna 1895, asi mumamiriro ezvinhu akasiyana. Pfungwa yacho yakatanga kuoneka mumamiriro ezvinhu ezvesayenzi emazuva ano munhaurirano pakati paBoltzmann naZermelo muna 1895. MuDublin muna 1952, Erwin Schrödinger akapa hurukuro umo akanyevera vateereri vake achiseka kuti zvaakanga ava kuda kutaura zvinga"ratidza kupenga". Akataura kuti apo kuenzanisa kwake kwakaratidzika kuva kunorondedzera nhau dzinoverengeka dzakasiyana, idzi dzakanga "dzisiri dzimwe nzira, asi dzose chaizvoizvo dzinoitika panguva imwe cheteyo". Rudzi urwu rwouviri runonzi "superposition".
Heano mazita evanhu vacho uye pfupiso yokuti vakabatsira sei pakufunga nezvenyika dzisingaperi kana kuti dzakawanda:  Anaximander (zana ramakore rechitanhatu B.C.E.): Pfungwa yenyika dzisingaperi yakatanga kutaurwa naye.  Leucippus (zana ramakore rechishanu BCE), Democritus (zana ramakore rechishanu BCE), Epicurus (341-270 BCE) naLucretius (zana ramakore rokutanga BCE): Ivo vaitenda muchirevo chenyika dzisingaverengeki.  Chrysippus (zana ramakore rechitatu B.C.E.): Akakarakadza kuvapo kwezvinhu zvose zvakasikwa zvakawanda munguva yose izvo zvinoreva kuti nyika yakaguma nokusingaperi ndokuberekwazve.  William James (1895): Ndiye akatanga kushandisa shoko rokuti "multiverse".  Boltzmann naZermelo (1895): Mukukakavadzana pakati pavo pfungwa yenyika dzakawanda yakatanga kuoneka mumamiriro ezvinhu ezvesayenzi azvino uno.  Erwin Schrödinger (1952): Akatanga kuuya neshoko rokuti "superposition" achinongedzera kuzvirevo zvake zvaiita sezvinorondedzera nhau dzakasiyana-siyana idzo "dzakanga dzisiri dzimwe nzira, asi dzose chaizvoizvo dzinoitika panguva imwe chete".