The Complete Idiot's Guide to Theories of the Universe

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Penguin, 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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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
Index
343
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Gary F. Moring, M.A., Ph.D. Cand., is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Einstein. He has been on the faculty at the University of Phoenix in Northern California and Sacramento campuses since 1985, and is a Ph.D. Candidate at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, majoring in Cosmology, Philosophy, and Consciousness. He received his M.A. from John F. Kennedy University and his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Moring lives in Orinda, California, with his wife, Kathy, and five cats.

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