The End of Discovery
(Sprache: Englisch)
Fundamental science will one day come to an end, argues Russell Stannard. Ultimately there will be experiments too vast to finance, areas of knowledge the human brain cannot comprehend, evidence that forever eludes us. His book explores the likely...
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Fundamental science will one day come to an end, argues Russell Stannard. Ultimately there will be experiments too vast to finance, areas of knowledge the human brain cannot comprehend, evidence that forever eludes us. His book explores the likely boundaries of our quest to understand the nature of time, matter, consciousness, and the universe.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The End of Discovery “
Introduction; 1 Brain and consciousness; 2 Creation of the cosmos; 3 The laws of nature; 4 The anthropic principle; 5 The size of the cosmos; 6 Extraterrestrial life; 7 The nature of space; 8 Space in relation to time; 9 The nature of time; 10 High energy physics; 11 The quantum world; 12 Quantum gravity and string theory; 13 Concluding remarks
Autoren-Porträt von Russell Stannard
Russell Stannard is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the Open University where for 21 years he headed the Department of Physics and Astronomy. A high energy nuclear physicist, he has carried out research at CERN in Geneva and at other laboratories in USA and Europe. Among his awards he has the OBE, he received the Bragg Medal from the Institute of Physics, and has been made Fellow of University College London. In 1986 he was awarded the Templeton Project Trust Award for significant contributions to the field of spirtual values; in particular for contributions to greater understanding of science and religion. His triology of Uncle Albert books introduces children of 10+ to relativity and quantum theory and he wrote Relativity: A Very Short Introduction in 2008.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Russell Stannard
- 2012, 228 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 12,7 x 19,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- ISBN-10: 019964571X
- ISBN-13: 9780199645718
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Englisch
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