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Metaphysical experiments : physics and the invention of the universe /

An engaging critique of the science and metaphysics behind our understanding of the universeThe James Webb Space Telescope, when launched in 2021, will be the premier orbital observatory, capable of studying every phase of the history of the universe, from the afterglow of the Big Bang to the format...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ekeberg, Björn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2019]
Colección:Posthumanities ; 48.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Metaphysical Experiment; 1 Cosmology in the Cave: The World-Picture of Modern Physics; 2 Of God and Nature: The Invention of the Universe; 3 Probability and Proliferation: The Invention of the Particle; 4 Metaphysics with a Big Bang: The Invention of Scientific Cosmology; Conclusion: Lost in the Universe; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W 
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