Cosmology, Physics, and Philosophy - Softcover

Gal-Or, Benjamin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1461596629 ISBN 13: 9781461596622

Verlag: Springer, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

1. Relativistic cosmology vs. modified concepts in physics and philosophy.- The problem of ordering.- How did it all start?.- The first seven stages.- 2. The Einsteinian methodology.- The withdrawal of philosophy from physics.- The greatest ambition of physics.- Unified field theories.- Physico-philo-sophical gains.- The expanding universe.- The 1977 "Aether drift" discovery.- Verification of physical laws by astronomy and astrophysics.- Einstein's classification of physical theories.- 3. Economy of physical laws.- Search for higher symmetries and asymmetries.- Unified theories and quantum chromodynamics.- Gravitism.- Cosmology and physics.- Gravitation-structure-life.- Gravitational selection.- Gravitation, life and evolution.- Valid philosophies and Popper.- Task of philosophy.- The skeptic's outlook.- I Preliminary Concepts.- Lecture I From Terrestrial Gravitational Structures To Black Holes and Neutrinos in Astrophysics.- Terminology and a word of caution.- The hierarchy of structures.- The main galactic structures.- Gravitation, asymmetry and structure.- Gravitationally-induced sedimentation, crystallisation, viruses, metamorphism, etc..- Stellar structures.- Main-sequence, supergiant and neutron stars.- Supernovae and pulsars.- Gravitational clocks.- X-ray astronomy and binary sources.- Black holes and violently active galaxies.- Gas, dust and formation of stars.- Cosmic distances measurement.- Cephei stars.- Neutrino astronomy.- Gamma-ray astronomy.- Unmanned spacecrafts exploring the universe.- Lecture II From "Conservation" in Classical Physics to Solitons in Particle Physics.- What is conservation?.- Micro-vs. macro-analyses.- Limitations of theory.- The general macroscopic equation.- Continuity and momentum equation.- Energy equation and dissipation.- Entropy balance equation.- Beyond classical physics: Solitons, Antisolitons and conservation.- Solitons in biophysics.- Conservation in subatomic processes.- The discovery of the neutrino.- Lecture III From General Relativity and Relativistic Cosmology to Gauge Theories.- Einstein field equations.- Principle of equivalence.- Confirmations of Einstein's theory.- Preliminary formulations in general relativity.- Metric tensor and affine connection.- Newtonian limit.- The Energy-momentum tensor.- Weak static fields.- Master arrow of time.- Mathematical derivations.- Cosmological models.- Age and fate of the universe.- Accelerated observers and principle of equivalence.- Unified field theories: Solitons, instanton and gauge fields.- Spin-2 graviton and gauge fields.- Supergravity and spin-3/2 gravitino.- The skeptic's view.- II From Physics To Philosophical Crossroads and Back.- Lecture IV The Arrows of Time.- Asymmetry-symmetry-space-time and the unification of the laws of physics.- Confusing concepts of time and asymmetry.- The entropie asymmetry.- Causality and causation.- Determinism in relativity.- Light cones.- Cosmological asymmetries.- Time-reversal invariance.- Subatomic asymmetries.- Symmetry breaking.- The death of scale-based physics.- Quantum geometrodynamics.- Superspace.- Failure of time.- Tachyons and macro-causality.- Memory in classical physics.- False entropy.- Entropy-free thermodynamics.- Lecture V The Crisis in Quantum Physics.- Preliminary review.- Gravitation and quantum physics.- The three main schools of thought.- Controversies over "uncertainty" and complementary "principles".- Recent physico-philosophical conclusions about the state of determinism and chance.- The heresy of a few skeptics.- Mythologized concepts in physics.- The failure of quantum physics to deduce irreversibility and asymmetry.- Differential equations, initial and boundary conditions, and physical laws.- Quantum chromodynamics and super-symmetry.- Weinberg-Salam Theory.- Renormalizable gauge theories and supergravity.- Quarks, gluons, color, and the search for higher symmetry principles.- III From Physics to Cosmological Crossroads and Back.- Lecture VI Cosmology, Physics an

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1461596629
• ISBN 13: 9781461596622
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 568
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