Higher Speculations
Grand Theories and Failed Revolutions in Physics and Cosmology
(Sprache: Englisch)
A historical account of highly ambitious attempts to understand all of nature in terms of fundamental physics. Presenting old and new 'theories of everything' in their historical contexts, the book discusses the nature and limits of scientific explanation in connection with concrete case studies.
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A historical account of highly ambitious attempts to understand all of nature in terms of fundamental physics. Presenting old and new 'theories of everything' in their historical contexts, the book discusses the nature and limits of scientific explanation in connection with concrete case studies.
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Part I: Cases from the Past; 1 Beginnings of Modern Science; 2 A Victorian Theory of Everything; 3 Electrodynamics as a World View; 4 Rationalist Cosmologies; 5 Cosmology and Controversy; 6 The Rise and Fall of the Bootstrap Programme; Part II: The Present Scene; 7 Varying Constants of Nature; 8 New Cyclic Models of The Universe; 9 Anthropic Science; 10 The Multiverse Scenario; 11 String Theory and Quantum Gravity; 12 Astrobiology and Physical Eschatology; 13 Summary: Final Theories and Epistemic Shifts
Autoren-Porträt von Helge Kragh
Kragh, Helge
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- Autor: Helge Kragh
- 416 Seiten, 17 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 17 x 24,1 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198726376
- ISBN-13: 9780198726371
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.03.2015
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Englisch
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