A Case Against Accident and Self-OrganizationRowman & Littlefield, 2001 - 272 pages Could accidental processes have caused the formation of a universe compatible with life? The author reviews the influence of metaphysical assumptions and examines issues related to the universe's creation, including the need for a Creator and the explanations offered by anthropic principles. |
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... Big Bang theory .................. 106 5.1.3 . Blackbody radiation evidence for the Big Bang ............ 108 5.1.4 . The singularity ad initium and the singularities of black holes ...... .... 109 5.1.5 . The four fundamental forces ...
... Big Bang theory .................. 106 5.1.3 . Blackbody radiation evidence for the Big Bang ............ 108 5.1.4 . The singularity ad initium and the singularities of black holes ...... .... 109 5.1.5 . The four fundamental forces ...
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... Big Bang precisely matched to power of gravity ; density precisely matched with critical density .......... ...... 130 5.2.3 . Delicate balance in strong nuclear force .................... 5.2.4 . Balancing of gravitational force and ...
... Big Bang precisely matched to power of gravity ; density precisely matched with critical density .......... ...... 130 5.2.3 . Delicate balance in strong nuclear force .................... 5.2.4 . Balancing of gravitational force and ...
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... Big Bang's defiance of Second Law of Thermodynamics and gravity's cumulative effect .............. 5.2.8 . Delicate balance of values related to weak nuclear force ...... ........ 5.2.9 . Precision in the number of dimensions .... 5.2 ...
... Big Bang's defiance of Second Law of Thermodynamics and gravity's cumulative effect .............. 5.2.8 . Delicate balance of values related to weak nuclear force ...... ........ 5.2.9 . Precision in the number of dimensions .... 5.2 ...
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Contents
V | 1 |
VI | 3 |
VII | 4 |
VIII | 5 |
X | 7 |
XI | 9 |
XII | 11 |
XIII | 17 |
LI | 108 |
LII | 113 |
LIII | 119 |
LIV | 120 |
LV | 121 |
LVI | 124 |
LVII | 127 |
LVIII | 128 |
XIV | 20 |
XV | 21 |
XVI | 22 |
XVII | 23 |
XVIII | 29 |
XIX | 31 |
XXIII | 34 |
XXIV | 38 |
XXV | 41 |
XXVII | 44 |
XXIX | 49 |
XXX | 51 |
XXXI | 58 |
XXXII | 60 |
XXXIII | 62 |
XXXIV | 64 |
XXXV | 65 |
XXXVI | 69 |
XXXVIII | 75 |
XXXIX | 77 |
XL | 79 |
XLI | 82 |
XLII | 89 |
XLIII | 92 |
XLIV | 101 |
XLV | 103 |
XLVIII | 104 |
L | 106 |
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