Vigdor Steven E. (Emeritus Professor Of Physics Emeritus Professor Of Physics Indiana University Bloomington)
Vigdor Steven E. (Emeritus Professor Of Physics Emeritus Professor Of Physics Indiana University Bloomington) - Signatures Of The Artist The Vital Imperfections That Make Our Universe Habitable - Hardcover
Vigdor Steven E. (Emeritus Professor Of Physics Emeritus Professor Of Physics Indiana University Bloomington) - Signatures Of The Artist The Vital Imperfections That Make Our Universe Habitable - Hardcover
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Description: How does the scientific enterprise really work to illuminate the origins of life and the universe itself? The quest to understand our universe how it may have originated and evolved and especially the conditions that allow it to support the existence of life forms has been a central theme in religion for millennia and in science for centuries. In the past half - century in particular enormous progress in particle and nuclear physics and cosmology has clarified the essential role of imperfections - deviations from perfect symmetry or homogeneity or predictability - in establishing conditions that allow for structure in the universe that can support the development of life. Many of these deviations are tiny and seem mysteriously fine - tuned to allow for life. The goal of this book is to review the recent and ongoing scientific research exploring these imperfections in a broad - ranging non - mathematical approach with an emphasis on the intricate tapestry of elegant experiments that bear on the conditions for habitability in our universe. This book makes clear what we know and how we know it as distinct from what we speculate and how we might test it. At the same time it attempts to convey a sense of wonderment at the tuning of these imperfections and of the rapid rate at which the boundary between knowledge and speculation is currently shifting.
Title: Signatures Of The Artist The Vital Imperfections That Make Our Universe Habitable
Author(s): Vigdor Steven E. (Emeritus Professor Of Physics Emeritus Professor Of Physics Indiana University Bloomington)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198814825
Pages: 362 Pages, 24 Color And 38 Grayscale Illustrations
Publication Date: 5/15/2018
Category: Particle & High-Energy Physics
Description: How does the scientific enterprise really work to illuminate the origins of life and the universe itself? The quest to understand our universe how it may have originated and evolved and especially the conditions that allow it to support the existence of life forms has been a central theme in religion for millennia and in science for centuries. In the past half - century in particular enormous progress in particle and nuclear physics and cosmology has clarified the essential role of imperfections - deviations from perfect symmetry or homogeneity or predictability - in establishing conditions that allow for structure in the universe that can support the development of life. Many of these deviations are tiny and seem mysteriously fine - tuned to allow for life. The goal of this book is to review the recent and ongoing scientific research exploring these imperfections in a broad - ranging non - mathematical approach with an emphasis on the intricate tapestry of elegant experiments that bear on the conditions for habitability in our universe. This book makes clear what we know and how we know it as distinct from what we speculate and how we might test it. At the same time it attempts to convey a sense of wonderment at the tuning of these imperfections and of the rapid rate at which the boundary between knowledge and speculation is currently shifting.
Title: Signatures Of The Artist The Vital Imperfections That Make Our Universe Habitable
Author(s): Vigdor Steven E. (Emeritus Professor Of Physics Emeritus Professor Of Physics Indiana University Bloomington)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198814825
Pages: 362 Pages, 24 Color And 38 Grayscale Illustrations
Publication Date: 5/15/2018
Category: Particle & High-Energy Physics
