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Ultimate Explanations of the Universe

By Michael Heller (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2009
ISBN
3642021026, 9783642021022, 9783642021039
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-02103-9
Google Books ID
23_j7mXaqgoC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1118571 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
216\229
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
AstronomyAstrophysics and Cosmology; Popular Sciencegeneral; Metaphysics; Mathematical Logic and Found

Description

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 important than to understand the Universe and ourselves as a part of it? To find a window onto our origin and our destiny? This book examines how far our modern cosmological theories - with their sometimes audacious models, such as inflation, cyclic histories, quantum creation, parallel universes - can take us towards answering these questions. Can such theories lead us to ultimate truths, leaving nothing unexplained? Last, but not least, Heller addresses the thorny problem of why and whether we should expect to find theories with all-encompassing explicative power.

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