About this title: This radical, exciting book draws as much on Darwinian ideas as on Einstein's to propose a way forward beyond theories that can only explain aspects of our universe, towards one that can explain it as a whole. Smolin suggests that the laws of nature are not fixed, but that they evolve in the same way that living things themselves evolve. Effectively, Smolin puts forward the possible unifica-tion of biology and physics, a view of the cosmos which moves beyond both the notion of God and the pessimism of Nietzsche and the existentialists.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 3/4/1999
ISBN-13:9780195126648ISBN:0195126645
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780195126648ISBN:0195126645
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780195126648ISBN:0195126645
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Softcover; VG+ condition; light shelfwear; (shelf C13); 358pp; "In this book the author offers a new theory of the universe that is at once elegant, comprehensive, and radically different"; "The author is one of the leading cosmologists at work today"; read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Phoenix
Date Published: 06/04/1998
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Phoenix
Date Published: 06/04/1998
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999-03-04
ISBN-13:9780195126648ISBN:0195126645
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Phoenix
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780753801239ISBN:075380123X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 3/4/1999
ISBN-13:9780195126648ISBN:0195126645
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195126648ISBN:0195126645
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"I don't want to give too much away. Just read this. The one thing I learned is that my instincts are really finely attuned & I should just trust them. Relativity, Quantum & Chaotic Complexity Theories are linked & taken together change the face of our understanding of reality. Theology & philosophy must be fundamentally rethought as a result. The Continental Post-Modernists were on the right track. A particular Post-Post Modernist of my aquainence is very much on the right track. I'm honored to know him. And, I agree 100%."
"It gives a good overview of big picture and current fundamental problems in physics and cosmology with some emphasis on the philosophical aspects of the discussions. Then it presents some very interesting ideas on how to extend or improve the theory of relativity and quantum mechanic so they can coexist under a more logical framework based on the original ideas first presented by Leibniz. It is interesting to see how the battle between Newton and Leibniz's physics develops throughout the book, which eventually Leibniz comes out as the winner!
My only complain is about the format of book. It has very small fonts and each chapter is not divided into subsection which makes it difficult to follow and digest at times. Also the book could have used more pictures to facilitates the understanding of some of the concepts."
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