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Smolin, Lee, (1955-)

The singular universe and the reality of time :a proposal in natural philosophy /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The singular universe and the reality of time :Roberto Mangabeira Unger and Lee Smolin.
Reminder of title:	a proposal in natural philosophy /
remainder title:	The Singular Universe & the Reality of Time
Author:	Unger, Roberto Mangabeira,
other author:	Smolin, Lee,
Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 543 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Cosmology.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139696487
ISBN:	9781139696487 (ebook)

The singular universe and the reality of time :a proposal in natural philosophy /
Unger, Roberto Mangabeira,

The singular universe and the reality of time :a proposal in natural philosophy /The Singular Universe & the Reality of TimeRoberto Mangabeira Unger and Lee Smolin. - 1 online resource (xxi, 543 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

The science of the one universe in time --The nature and scope of this work --

Cosmology is in crisis. The more we discover, the more puzzling the universe appears to be. How and why are the laws of nature what they are? A philosopher and a physicist, world-renowned for their radical ideas in their fields, argue for a revolution. To keep cosmology scientific, we must replace the old view in which the universe is governed by immutable laws by a new one in which laws evolve. Then we can hope to explain them. The revolution that Roberto Mangabeira Unger and Lee Smolin propose relies on three central ideas. There is only one universe at a time. Time is real: everything in the structure and regularities of nature changes sooner or later. Mathematics, which has trouble with time, is not the oracle of nature and the prophet of science; it is simply a tool with great power and immense limitations. The argument is readily accessible to non-scientists as well as to the physicists and cosmologists whom it challenges.

ISBN: 9781139696487 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

228629
Cosmology.

LC Class. No.: BD511 / .U54 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 113

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