| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
K & E series on knots and everything ; v. 18
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K & E series on knots and everything ; v. 18.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Individuation and the quest for unity -- The obstacle to unification in modern physics -- Does contemporary mathematical physics actually -- Depart from the classical formulation -- Apparent concretization of mathematical physics via symmetry breaking --The implicit attempt to maintain the classical formula and its ultimate failure -- The phenomenological challenge to the classical formula -- Topological phenomenology -- Phenomenological intuition, topology, and the klein bottle -- The physical significance of the Klein bottle -- Spin -- Vorticity -- The dimensional family of topological spinors -- Generalization of intuitive topology -- Topodimensional spin matrix -- Basic principles of dimensional transformation -- Synsymmetry and the self-transformation of space -- From symmetry breaking to dimensional generation -- The three basic stages of dimensional generation -- Kleinian topogeny -- Waves carrying waves: the co-evolution of lifeworlds -- The forces of nature -- The phenomenon of light -- Phenomenological Kaluza-Klein theory -- Summary comparison of conventional and topo-phenomenological approaches to kaluza-klein theory -- Cosmogony, symmetry, and phenomenological intuition -- Conventional view of the evolving cosmos -- The problem of symmetry -- A new kind of clarity -- The self-evolving cosmos -- Introduction to the cosmogonic matrix -- Overview of cosmic evolution -- The role of the fermions in dimensional generation -- Projective stages of cosmogony : dimensional divergence -- Stage 1 -- Stage 2 -- Stages 3 and 4 -- Proprioceptive stages of cosmogony : dimensional convergence -- Conclusion: Wider horizons of cosmic evolution -- The psychophysics of cosmogony -- Psychical aspects of the fundamental particles -- Toward a reflexive physics -- Concretization of the self-evolving cosmos. |
| Summary |
This unique book offers an original way of thinking about two of the most significant problems confronting modern theoretical physics: the unification of the forces of nature and the evolution of the universe. In bringing out the inadequacies of the prevailing approach to these questions, the author demonstrates the need for more than just a new theory. The meanings of space and time themselves must be radically rethought, which requires a whole new philosophical foundation. To this end, the book turns to the phenomenological writings of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Martin Heidegger. Their insights into space and time bring the natural world to life in a manner well-suited to the dynamic phenomena of contemporary physics. In aligning continental thought with problems in physics and cosmology, the book makes use of topology. Phenomenological intuitions about space and time are systematically fleshed out via an unconventional and innovative approach to this qualitative branch of mathematics. The author's pioneering work in topological phenomenology is applied to such topics as quantum gravity, cosmogony, symmetry, spin, vorticity, dimension theory, Kaluza-Klein and string theories, fermion-boson interrelatedness, hypernumbers, and the mind-matter interface. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Physics -- Philosophy.
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Physics -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rosen, Steven M. Self-evolving cosmos. Singapore : World Scientific, 2008 (DLC) 2007043868 |
| ISBN |
9812771743 (electronic book) |
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9789812771742 (electronic book) |
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9812771735 (Cloth) |
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9789812771735 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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