Ultimate Explanations of the Universe

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Heller, Michael (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Epistemology.; Metaphysics.; Mathematical logic.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Popular works.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science, general.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.

We humans are collectively driven by a powerful - yet not fully explained - instinct to understand. We would like to see everything established, proven, laid bare. The more important an issue, the more we desire to see it clarified, stripped of all secrets, all shades of gray. What could be more imp...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• MODELS
• Ultimate Explanations
• Problems with the Eternity of the Universe
• A Cyclical Universe
• A Looped Cosmos
• Continuous Creation Versus a Beginning
• Something Almost Out of Nothing
• The Quantum Creation of the Universe
• Ultimate Explanations
• ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLES AND OTHER UNIVERSES
• The Anthropic Principles
• Natural Selection in the Population of Universes
• The Anthropic Principles and Theories of Everything
• The Metaphysics of the Anthropic Principles
• Tegmark#x2019;s Embarrassment
• CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE
• The Drive to Understand
• The Metaphysics and Theology of Creation
• Creation and the Perpetuity of the Universe
• Controversies Over the Omnipotence of God
• Newton#x2019;s World
• Leibniz#x2019;s World
• The Initial Singularity and the Creation of the World
• Creation and Evolution
• Leibniz#x2019;S Question.