The Complete Idiot's Guide to Theories of the UniversePenguin, 2002 - 358 pages You’re no idiot, of course. You know Heisenburg’s uncertainty principle has nothing to do with where you put your car keys. But modern cosmology is relatively complicated. The mystery of the universe definitely isn’t one we can flip to the end to see whodunit. That hasn’t stopped physicists, astronomers, and philosophers from searching for clues! The topic is infinite (literally), but once you’ve read this book, you’ll have a solid idea of our place in the universe—and even where the cosmos itself might be headed. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you’ll explore … Major religions, philosophical, and scientific theories concerning the nature and origin of the universe. “The theory of everything”—one coherent model that would explain how all the forces and particles of nature work. The fascinating and even sometimes bizarre implications of the latest theories.
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Table des matières
In the Beginning | 1 |
Once Upon a Time | 3 |
The Music of the Spheres | 15 |
A Brief History of Esoteric Philosophy | 27 |
Transitions in Thinking | 39 |
Science Comes of Age but Isnt 21 Yet | 49 |
You Mean Were Not at the Center of the Universe? | 51 |
The Scientific Revolution | 63 |
Chunks of Uncertainty | 181 |
Forces Particles and Some Cosmological Glue | 195 |
Scientific Origins of the Universe | 211 |
Supersymmetry Superstrings and Holograms | 223 |
The Accelerating Universe | 225 |
Supersymmetry Superpartners and Superman | 237 |
Its All Held Together with Strings | 251 |
The Universe As a Hologram | 265 |
Cosmology in the Age of Enlightenment | 75 |
Physics 101 | 89 |
And in This Corner | 103 |
Evolution vs Creationism | 105 |
The Dual Nature of Light | 117 |
Cracks in a Newtonian World | 129 |
The Relative Nature of Space and Time | 141 |
From Here to Infinity | 153 |
Famous Equations and Pools of JellO | 155 |
That Old Quantum Theory | 169 |
Old Endings and New Beginnings | 279 |
Psychology Cosmology and Consciousness | 281 |
Eastern Cosmology and the Cyclic Universe | 293 |
Symbolic Systems and the SelfAware Universe | 305 |
The Future of Humanity | 319 |
Cosmological Kernels | 331 |
Suggested Reading List | 339 |
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