Cosmogenesis : the growth of order in the universe /

Eminent Harvard astrophysicist David Layzer offers readers a unified theory of natural order and its origins, from the permanence, stability, and orderliness of sub-atomic particles to the evolution of the human mind. Cosmogenesis provides the first extended account of a controversial theory that co...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Layzer, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
Subjects:
Cosmology.
Evolution.
Science > Philosophy.
Cosmologie.
Évolution.
cosmology.
SCIENCE > Cosmology.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The unity of science
  • Order and randomness
  • The strong cosmological principle and time's arrow
  • The importance of being discrete
  • Seven steps to quantum physics
  • Alice in Quantumland
  • The strong cosmological principle and quantum physics
  • Cosmic evolution: the standard model
  • Gravitational clustering and structural order
  • Molecules, genes, and evolution
  • Evolution and the growth of order
  • Language, thought, and perception
  • What is consciousness?
  • Brain and mind
  • Chance, necessity, and freedom.

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