Whitehead and the measurement problem of cosmology /
Einstein's General Theory of Relativity links the metrical structure of the cosmic order (or ""cosmology"") to the contingent distributions of matter and energy throughout the universe, one of the chief areas of investigation in astrophysics. However, presently we have neith...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Frankfurt :
Ontos Verlag,
2005.
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Colección: | Process thought ;
v. 5. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Einstein's General Theory of Relativity links the metrical structure of the cosmic order (or ""cosmology"") to the contingent distributions of matter and energy throughout the universe, one of the chief areas of investigation in astrophysics. However, presently we have neither devised nor discovered system of uniform relations whereby we can make our cosmological measurements intelligible. This is ""the measurement problem of cosmology."" Using both historical ideas (such as A.N. Whitehead's work in the 1920s) and contemporary evidence and theories, argue that the measurement problem has neith. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (215 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9783110328264 3110328267 9783937202952 3937202951 311032797X 9783110327977 |