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Eminent Harvard astrophysicist David Layzer offers readers a unified theory of natural order and its origins, from the permanence, stability, and orderliness of sub-atomic particles to the evolution of the human mind. Cosmogenesis provides the first extended account of a controversial theory that connects quantum mechanics with the second law of thermodynamics, and presents novel resolutions of longstanding paradoxes in these theories, such as those of Schroedinger's cat and the arrow of time. Layzer's main concerns in the second half of the book are with the philosophical issues surrounding s No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)523.1Natural sciences and mathematics Astronomy Astronomical objects and astrophysics UniverseLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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