David Layzer

Cosmogenesis

The Growth of Order in the Universe

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Produktbeschreibung

Eminent Harvard astrophysicist David Layzer presents a unified theory of order in the universe--from permanence, stability, and orderliness of sub-atomic particles to the evolution of the human mind. Cosmogenesis is the first extended account of a controversial theory that connects quantum mechanics with the second law of thermodynamics and presents novel resolutions of longstanding paradoxes in these theories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 547g
• ISBN-13: 9780195069082
• ISBN-10: 0195069080
• Artikelnr.: 22346648

Autorenporträt

David Layzer is the Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics at Harvard University. He is the author of Constructing the Universe.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: A THEORY OF ORDER: Science, philosophy, and truth
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 theory
PART II: ASPECTS OF TIMEBOUND ORDER: 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?
Mind and body
Chance, necessity, and freedom
Notes.