| Description |
1 online resource (215 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Process thought ; v. 5
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Process thought ; v. 5.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The Measurement Problem of Cosmology; Appendix:Who's Afraid of Differential Geometry?; CHAPTER TWO Chaos, Confusion and Cosmology; CHAPTER THREE Metrical Theories vs. Theories ofMeasurement; CHAPTER FOUR The Nature of Nature; CHAPTER FIVE Nuts and Bolts; CHAPTER SIX The Big(ger) Picture; REFERENCES. |
| Summary |
Einstein's General Theory of Relativity links the metrical structure of the cosmic order (or ""cosmology"") to the contingent distributions of matter and energy throughout the universe, one of the chief areas of investigation in astrophysics. However, presently we have neither devised nor discovered system of uniform relations whereby we can make our cosmological measurements intelligible. This is ""the measurement problem of cosmology."" Using both historical ideas (such as A.N. Whitehead's work in the 1920s) and contemporary evidence and theories, argue that the measurement problem has neith. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947.
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Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947. |
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Cosmology.
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Cosmology. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Herstein, Gary L. Whitehead and the Measurement Problem of Cosmology. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2006 9783110327977 |
| ISBN |
9783110328264 (e-book) |
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3110328267 (e-book) |
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9783937202952 |
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3937202951 |
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311032797X |
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9783110327977 |
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3937202951 |
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9783110327977 |
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