Cosmology, Physics, and Philosophy

Including a New Theory of Aesthetics

Benjamin Gal-or (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

522 Seiten

2013 | 2nd ed. 1987. Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 1987
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4615-9663-9 (ISBN)

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What is unorthodox in this book? Much has happened in the last few years, especially in terms of the somewhat surpris ing rate at which the theories presented herein have been gaining increasing acceptance and support even by the most skeptical professionals. Nevertheless, the purpose of this up-dated Preface is not to tell the biographical and acceptance story behind this book, but to bring together some non-physical and non technical conclusions for those readers who find the physico-mathematical sections of this book too difficult to follow. A secondary purpose is to present here some newer conclu sions, especially in general philosophy and in aesthetics. Yet, the main physico philosophical conclusions presented in this book are not to be summarized here. For that purpose one must tum to the text itself. * * * The theories presented here have been developed in total isolation. They were never presented in "professional conferences", as most current writers do. Whether or not that was important remains to be seen. Hence, all I can state to critics and enthusiastic follow ers alike is the fact that I do not belong to any 'formal discipline', 'pressure group', or 'pro fessional organization'.

1. Relativistic cosmology vs. modified concepts in physics and philosophy.- 2. The Einsteinian methodology.- 3. Economy of physical laws.- I Preliminary Concepts.- Lecture I From Terrestrial Gravitational Structures To Black Holes and Neutrinos in Astrophysics.- Lecture II From “Conservation” in Classical Physics to Solitons in Particle Physics.- Lecture III From General Relativity and Relativistic Cosmology to Gauge Theories.- II From Physics To Philosophical Crossroads and Back.- Lecture IV The Arrows of Time.- Lecture V The Crisis in Quantum Physics.- III From Physics to Cosmological Crossroads and Back.- Lecture VI Cosmology, Physics and Philosophy.- Lecture VII Cosmological Origin of Time and Evolution.- Lecture VIII Black Holes and the Unification of Asymmetries.- IV Beyond Present Knowledge.- Lecture IX Havayism—The Science of the Whole.- Critique of Western Thought.- Appendix I (Lecture X) A Few Historical Remarks on Time, Mind and Symmetry.- Appendix II (Lecture XI) The Philosophy of Time & Change: Some Historical Notions.- Appendix III (Lecture XII) Structuralism and the Divided American Thought.- Appendix IV (Lecture XIII) Policy and Publicity: A Critique.- Appendix V Thought-Provoking and Thought-Depressing Quotations.- Appendix VI (Lecture XIV) Critique of Western Methodology.

Zusatzinfo	43 Illustrations, black and white; XXXVI, 522 p. 43 illus.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
Schlagworte	Cosmology • Kosmologie • Philosophy • Physics • Physik • Psychologie
ISBN-10	1-4615-9663-7 / 1461596637
ISBN-13	978-1-4615-9663-9 / 9781461596639
Zustand	Neuware