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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Jersey ; London ; Singapore :
World Scientific,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.