Author: Malcolm S. Longair
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401022208
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 63, held in Cracow, Poland, September 10-12, 1973
Confrontation of Cosmological Theories with Observational Data
Author: Malcolm S. Longair
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401022208
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 63, held in Cracow, Poland, September 10-12, 1973
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401022208
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 63, held in Cracow, Poland, September 10-12, 1973
Confrontation of Cosmological Theories with Observational Data
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Confrontation of Cosmological Theories with Observational Data
Author: Copernicus Symposium
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Category : Cosmology
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Category : Cosmology
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Nuclear Science Abstracts
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 964
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 964
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Nuclear Science Abstracts
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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Confrontation of Cosmological Theories with Observational Data
Author: Malcolm S. Longair
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789027704566
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 63, held in Cracow, Poland, September 10-12, 1973
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789027704566
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 63, held in Cracow, Poland, September 10-12, 1973
Principles of Physical Cosmology
Author: Phillip James Edwin Peebles
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691019338
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
The first part of the work presents the elements of physical cosmology, including the history of the discovery of the expanding universe. The second part, on the cosmological tests that measure the geometry of spacetime, discusses general relativity theory as the basis for the tests, and then surveys the broad variety of ways the tests can be applied with the new generations of telescopes and detectors. The third part deals with the origin of galaxies and the large-scale structure of the universe, and reviews ideas about how the evolution of the universe might be traced back to very early epochs when structure originated. Each chapter begins with an introduction that can be understood with no special knowledge beyond undergraduate physics, and then progresses to more specialized topics.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691019338
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
The first part of the work presents the elements of physical cosmology, including the history of the discovery of the expanding universe. The second part, on the cosmological tests that measure the geometry of spacetime, discusses general relativity theory as the basis for the tests, and then surveys the broad variety of ways the tests can be applied with the new generations of telescopes and detectors. The third part deals with the origin of galaxies and the large-scale structure of the universe, and reviews ideas about how the evolution of the universe might be traced back to very early epochs when structure originated. Each chapter begins with an introduction that can be understood with no special knowledge beyond undergraduate physics, and then progresses to more specialized topics.
Cosmology Without God?
Author: David Alcalde
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532636849
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Is God a superfluous hypothesis for modern cosmology? According to the normal understanding of modern science, the answer should be affirmative because modern science is supposed to be free of metaphysical and theological presuppositions. However, despite its self-proclaimed neutrality regarding metaphysics and theology, modern science is full of metaphysical and theological presuppositions. These can be summarized as a mechanistic understanding of nature, a reduction of God to an external agent in competition with natural processes, and creation to a worldly mechanism. These presuppositions are deficient and untenable, and they remain unconscious for the most part in the dialogue between science and theology, making it intellectually impossible because of the reduced notions of God, nature, and creation assumed. Using the coherent and unreduced image of God and nature provided by the Christian doctrine of creation ex nihilo, Fr. David Alcalde intends to uncover and criticize the incoherent theological assumptions inherent in a concrete branch of modern science, which is modern cosmology. The author points out the presence of these inadequate theological presuppositions in both the theologians who use modern cosmology to offer scientific proof for the existence of God and the atheistic cosmologists who use their science to reject the idea of God.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532636849
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Is God a superfluous hypothesis for modern cosmology? According to the normal understanding of modern science, the answer should be affirmative because modern science is supposed to be free of metaphysical and theological presuppositions. However, despite its self-proclaimed neutrality regarding metaphysics and theology, modern science is full of metaphysical and theological presuppositions. These can be summarized as a mechanistic understanding of nature, a reduction of God to an external agent in competition with natural processes, and creation to a worldly mechanism. These presuppositions are deficient and untenable, and they remain unconscious for the most part in the dialogue between science and theology, making it intellectually impossible because of the reduced notions of God, nature, and creation assumed. Using the coherent and unreduced image of God and nature provided by the Christian doctrine of creation ex nihilo, Fr. David Alcalde intends to uncover and criticize the incoherent theological assumptions inherent in a concrete branch of modern science, which is modern cosmology. The author points out the presence of these inadequate theological presuppositions in both the theologians who use modern cosmology to offer scientific proof for the existence of God and the atheistic cosmologists who use their science to reject the idea of God.
Theoretical Foundations of Cosmology
Author: Micha? Heller
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9789810207564
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The book's principal aim is to clarify fundamental concepts, decipher mathematical structures used to model space-time and relativistic worlds, and to disclose their physical meaning. After each chapter, philosophical implications of the presented material are commented upon.Both special and general theories of relativity are presented in the book with the stress on their global aspects. Although global mathematical methods are extensively used throughout the book, the definitions of new concepts, short comments and examples make reading smooth without the need to consult other textbooks or review papers.
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9789810207564
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The book's principal aim is to clarify fundamental concepts, decipher mathematical structures used to model space-time and relativistic worlds, and to disclose their physical meaning. After each chapter, philosophical implications of the presented material are commented upon.Both special and general theories of relativity are presented in the book with the stress on their global aspects. Although global mathematical methods are extensively used throughout the book, the definitions of new concepts, short comments and examples make reading smooth without the need to consult other textbooks or review papers.
Beyond Conflict and Reduction
Author: William Desmond
Publisher: Leuven University Press
ISBN: 9789058671172
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
While much attention has been devoted to the conflicts between religion and science in the modern age, less rarely has sufficient attention been devoted to the complex interplay between religion, science and philosophy. This book offers a set of wide-ranging essays in which the interplay between all these three is the explicit focus of attention. The essays reflect a desire to think of this interplay in terms other than conflict and reduction. The book also represents a pluralism of approaches to reflection on this interplay. Part I represents a more idealistic orientation in which religion, philosophy and science are seen to enjoy a complementarity. Part II formulates the interplay more from the standpoint of process philosophy. Part III explores the issue with primary emphasis on the contributions of science. In Part IV the essays reflect a desire to take the religious on its own terms, and explore the interplay with philosophy and science with the proper seriousness solicited by these terms.
Publisher: Leuven University Press
ISBN: 9789058671172
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
While much attention has been devoted to the conflicts between religion and science in the modern age, less rarely has sufficient attention been devoted to the complex interplay between religion, science and philosophy. This book offers a set of wide-ranging essays in which the interplay between all these three is the explicit focus of attention. The essays reflect a desire to think of this interplay in terms other than conflict and reduction. The book also represents a pluralism of approaches to reflection on this interplay. Part I represents a more idealistic orientation in which religion, philosophy and science are seen to enjoy a complementarity. Part II formulates the interplay more from the standpoint of process philosophy. Part III explores the issue with primary emphasis on the contributions of science. In Part IV the essays reflect a desire to take the religious on its own terms, and explore the interplay with philosophy and science with the proper seriousness solicited by these terms.