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Weaving the universe : is modern cosmology discovered or invented? /

This new book is a thorough but short review of the history and present status of ideas in cosmology. It is aimed at a broad audience, but will contain a few equations where needed to make the argument exact. The coverage of cosmological ideas will focus mainly on the period from the early 1900s whe...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wesson, Paul S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Jersey ; London ; Singapore : World Scientific, ©2011.
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505 0 |a 1. Weaving the warp -- 2. Puzzles of physics. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Olbers' paradox. 2.3. Zero-point fields and the cosmological 'constant'. 2.4. The hierarchy problem. 2.5. Supersymmetry and dark WIMPs. 2.6. The Fermi-Hart paradox : Where are the aliens? 2.7. Conclusion -- 3. The meaning of dimensions. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Dimensions and fundamental constants. 3.3. Eddington and his legacy. 3.4. Campbell and his theorem. 3.5. Conclusion -- 4. Time as an illustion. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Physics and the flow of time. 4.3. Time as a subjective ordering device. 4.4. Mathematics and reality. 4.5. Conclusion -- 5. The nature of matter. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Properties of matter. 5.3. Creating matter. 5.4. Negative mass? 5.5. Manipulating matter. 5.6. Conclusion -- 6. Science and religion : immiscible? 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Newton. 6.3. Einstein. 6.4. Eddington. 6.5. Milne. 6.6. Laplace. 6.7. Conclusion -- 7. Weaving the weft. 
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