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Barrow J.D., Tipler F.J. — Anthropic Cosmological Principle
Barrow J.D., Tipler F.J. — Anthropic Cosmological Principle



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Название: Anthropic Cosmological Principle

Авторы: Barrow J.D., Tipler F.J.

Аннотация:

Ever since Copernicus, scientists have continually adjusted their view of human nature, moving it further and further from its ancient position at the center of Creation. But in recent years, a startling new concept has evolved that places it more firmly than ever in a special position. Known as the Anthropic Cosmological Principle, this collection of ideas holds that the existence of intelligent observers determines the fundamental structure of the Universe. In its most radical version, the Anthropic Principle asserts that "intelligent information-processing must come into existence in the Universe, and once it comes into existence, it will never die out."
This wide-ranging and detailed book explores the many ramifications of the Anthropic Cosmological Principle, covering the whole spectrum of human inquiry from Aristotle to Z bosons. Bringing a unique combination of skills and knowledge to the subject, John D. Barrow and Frank J. Tipler—two of the world's leading cosmologists—cover the definition and nature of life, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, and the interpretation of the quantum theory in relation to the existence of observers.
The book will be of vital interest to philosophers, theologians, mathematicians, scientists, and historians, as well as to anyone concerned with the connection between the vastness of the universe of stars and galaxies and the existence of life within it on a small planet out in the suburbs of the Milky Way.


Язык: en

Рубрика: Физика/

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Год издания: 1986

Количество страниц: 726

Добавлена в каталог: 08.04.2009

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Предметный указатель
Hubble parameter      627
Hubble redshift      368 450n
Hubble time      626
Hubble's Law      373 378
Hubble, Edwin, expanding-universe interpretation      2—3 368
Human being, as computer program      75 659
Human brain, computation rates      136
Human brain, conscious processing capacity      137
Human brain, information storage capacity      136 660
Human cells, synthesis of      580
Human eye, Lucretius' materialistic approach      42
Human eye, Paley's discussion      78
Human eye, radiation receptivity of      338
Human eye, Socrates' design argument      36
Human genome, improbability of spontaneous assembly      565
Human hand, teleological aspects of      44
Human size, estimated by gravitational criterion/molecular bonding calculation      311—322
Hume, attack on Newtonian Design Argument      62
Hume, David      69—72
Hume, quoted      105 107
Hume, vitalist views of      71 115n
Huxley, Thomas H., quoted      86 87 127 148
Hydrides, molecular bond angles/distances      529
Hydrides, various physical properties      524 525
Hydrogen atom, simple model      296
Hydrogen bonding      300—301 526
Hydrogen bonding in water      527—528 529
Hydrogen fluoride, anomalous physical properties      524 525
Hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen-bonded polymers      526 527
Hydrogen, chemical properties      543
Hydrogen, percentage in present Universe      369
Hydrogen, physical properties      543
Hydrogen, relative abundance      542
Hydrogen, unique properties of      542—543
Hydrophobic effect      539—540
Ice, density compared with water      524 530 532 533—534
Ice, molecular structure      528 530
Ice, phase diagram for      532
Idea-complexes, as living organisms      522
Idlis, G., large-universe argument      16
Ignition risk, Earth's vegetation      544 567 568
Imperialism      585—586 594
Imperialism, definition of      594
Improbable steps, in evolution of Man      559 562—564
Indeterminate natural teleology      134—135
Infinite state machine      661
Inflation, in early Universe      438—440
Inflationary-universe models      430—434 605
Inflationary-universe models, and Anthropic Principle      434—440
Inflationary-universe models, to answer Flatness Problem      502
Information content, books      137
Information content, computer memory      514
Information content, Earth's mass-energy      661—662
Information content, economic resources      172—173 595—596 600
Information content, Galaxy      662
Information content, human brain      660
Information content, human gene      514
Information content, piece of bread      198
Information content, solar system resources      600 662
Information content, thought      660
Information content, Universe      662
Information storage, far future of Universe      669—671
Information storage, growth rate of      675—676
Information-processing rate, computers      136 206n
Information-processing rate, human civilization      600
Information-processing rate, limit on      662
Information-processing, condition for indefinite existence of intelligent life      659
Information-processing, economic activity as      172—173 660
Information-processing, energy requirements      663
Information-processing, inequality for      661 662 663
Information-processing, limited by dimensionality      266
Information-processing, near final singularity      667
Inge, William R., on Heat Death      168
Inhomogeneity of Universe      414—429
Initial conditions      408—412
Intelligence, evolution of      131—133
Intelligent life, definitions of      523
Intelligent life, essential global role of      674—675
Intelligent life, matter used up by      664
Intelligent species, upper bound on number of      586—590
Interstellar communication      577
Interstellar communication, motivations for      590—593
Interstellar transit time      581
Interstellar travel      579—583
Interstellar travel, economics of      581—583
Interstellar travel, motivation for      591—593
Intractable problems      139
Introspection, wave function collapse caused by      468—469
Inverse square (gravitational) law      262 263 264
Ionic bonds      300 301 526
Ionic solids, electron motion in      304
Ionization temperature, at beginning of Universe      382
Iroquois creation myth      94
Islam, teleological concepts in      94—95
Island colonization theory      584
Isothermal irregularities      388 393
Isotropization, definition of      423
Isotropy of universe      419—430
Isotropy of Universe, confirmed by microwave background radiation      419
Isotropy of Universe, tested by counting galaxies      420
Isotropy of Universe, Weak Anthropic Principle invoked for      426
James, W., quoted      103
Janet, Paul, on Final Causes      89—92
Jeans instability, rowth rate of      414
Jeans, James, shrinking atomic size concept      236—237
Jenkin, F., estimate of age of Earth and Sun      161—162
Johnson, Dr Samuel, dislike of David Hume      115n
Johnstone Stoney, G., natural units      291—292
Johnstone Stoney, G., on planetary atmospheric composition      309
Jordan, Pascual, continuous creation theory      235
Jupiter swing-by launch/slow-down strategy      580—581
Jupiter, almost a star      331
Jupiter, lifetime in presence of monopoles      657
Jupiter, orbital radius of      221
Jupiter, possible life-form on      511 570
K-strategy (of exploration/colonization)      584 589 590
Kaluza-Klein cosmological models      239
Kaluza-Klein higher-dimensional theories      273—274
Kant, cosmology      620
Kant, design argument admired by      73
Kant, design argument undermined by      73—74
Kant, Immanuel      72—75
Kant, influence on German biologists      74—75
Kant, on dimensionality      260
Keats, John, quoted      458
Kelvin, Lord, estimate of age of Earth and Sun      160—161
Kelvin, Lord, evolutionary timescale debate      87—88 159 161
Kepler, Johannes      50—51
Kerr-Newman metric      352
Kinematic relativity, Milne's theory      237
King, Clarence, estimate of Earth's age      162
Kirchhoff, wave equation solution in three dimensions      268
Kramers opacities      334 335
Krypton-86 wavelength, as length standard      242
Kuhn, Thomas, on teleology      142—143
Lagrangian, closed Friedman universe      491
Lagrangian, physical laws derived from      257
Lamb shift, energy of      299
Landau-Chandrasekhar mass-limit      643
Landau-Chandrasekhar number      332
Landsberg-Parkoscillating-universe model      455n
Lao Tzu, quoted      97—98
Laplace, Nebular Hypothesis      90
Large bodies, effect of existence of      306
Large creatures, advantage in sea      313
Large creatures, precarious existence on land      313
Large numbers coincidences      11 219—231 358—359
Large numbers coincidences, Dicke's observations      246—247
Large Numbers Hypothesis (LNH)      232—233
Large Numbers Hypothesis (LNH), cosmological constant and density ratio in      455n
Large Numbers Hypothesis (LNH), time-varying gravitation in      232—234
laws of physics      255—258
Least action, principle of      6 66 149
Least time, principle of      148
Lehninger, A. L., classification of elements used in living organisms      552 553
Leibniz, Gottfried, caricatured by Voltaire      6 65
Leibniz, Gottfried, correspondence with Samuel Clarke      62 63
Leibniz, Gottfried, many-world hypothesis      6 62—63 192
Lemaitre, G., criticism of Jeans' shrinking atom theory      236—237
Lemaitre, G., quoted, on Big Bang      372
Length reference standards      242—243
Lepton number      357
Leptons      357
Leucippus of Elea      36
Levin, B., quoted      647
Lewis, C.S., quoted      46
Liberal democracy      9 135
Lieh Yu-Khou      95
Life systems, crucial molecular structures      88
Life, definitions of      13 511—523
Life, non-extinction of      14 659
Life, sufficient conditions for      512
Life-supporting conditions, planetary size effect      309
Lifetimes, quoted      272 626—627
Light elements, abundance predicted by Big Bang theory      368—369
Light elements, abundance relative to hydrogen      378—379
Light elements, formation at beginning of Universe      371
Light elements, origin of      398—400
Light, velocity of change with time      236
Light, velocity of coincidence with charge ratios      223
Light, velocity of Paley's discussion      79
Linde's inflationary universe model      431 436—437
Lipids, cell membrane      540
Liquid-drop nuclear model      323—324 363n
Liquid-drop nuclear model, binding energy components for      324
Liu Tsung-Yuan, quoted      97
Living organisms, Weak Anthropic Principle applied to      310—328
Local hidden variables, existence tested by EPR experiment      463
Locke, John, meaning of word 'consciousness'      507n
Lodge, Oliver, on black holes/neutron stars      340 348—349 366n
Loebell space      638
London, F., quoted, on introspection      468—469
London, F., simplified discussion of von Neumann theory of measurement      465
Lotze, Hermann      75
Lovejoy, A.O.      128 189
Lovejoy, C.O.      131—132
Low-energy Universe, orderliness in      256 257
Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Cams)      41—42
Lukash ever-expanding anisotropic universes      670
Luminosity, factors affecting      332—334
MacArthur-Wilson colonization theory      584 585
MacArthur-Wilson colonization theory, K-strategy      584 586
MacArthur-Wilson colonization theory, r-strategy      584 586
MacClaurin, Colin, design argument      62
Machine descendants (of naturally evolved species)      595—596
Machines, regarded as people      595 615
Magnesium fluoride, molecular structure of      531
Magnesium, in chlorophyll      555—556
Magnesium, relative abundance      542
Magnetic moment effects      298
Maimonides      47
Main-sequence stars, lifetimes      272 246 333—334
Main-sequence stars, luminosity-temperature relationship      337
Main-sequence stars, surface temperatures      335
Mammals, heat balance in      315
Mammals, limitation on size      315 362n
Man, timescale of existence      171 584
Many-worlds hypotheses      6 see
Many-worlds hypotheses, design argument for      22—23
Many-worlds hypotheses, Ellis' infinite occurrence model      249
Many-worlds hypotheses, infinite Universe approach      7—8
Many-worlds hypotheses, Leibniz' optimal world      62—63
Many-worlds hypotheses, multi-valued quantities approach      6—7
Many-worlds hypotheses, Parmenides' argument for      34
Many-worlds hypotheses, quantum theory interpretation      8 193 249
Many-worlds hypotheses, types of ensemble for      6—8
Many-worlds hypotheses, variable constants of Nature approach      8
Many-worlds hypotheses, Wheeler's oscillating universe model      248—249
Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI)      8 249 472—489
Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI), cosmological model compared with Narlikar model      495
Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI), reason for invention of      622
Marginal utility theory      172
Marine creatures, size of      313
Mars, atmospheric composition      544
Mars, communication/exploration of      593
Mars, life on      511
Mars, orbital radius of      221
Marx, Karl, on division of labour      187
Mascall, E., on size of Universe      247
Mass of universe      384—385
Mass, coincidences of      12
Mass-size diagram, for Universe      290 341
Mass-size diagram, possible explanations      291
Mass-size diagram, revised to exclude unobservable phenomena      397
Massive neutrinos      390—393 394 664
Matter, nature of      302—305
Matter, preponderance over antimatter      370
Matter-dominated Universe      626 628 629
Matthews, W.R.      183
Maupertuis, P.L.M. de      65—67
Maupertuis, P.L.M. de, Principle of Least Action      6 66 67 149
Maxwell's demon      174 179 662
Maxwell, James Clerk      88
Maxwell, quoted, on laws of matter and mind      545
Mayan creation myth      93
Maynard Smith, J.      102
Mayr, Ernst, on evolution of intelligence      132—133
McCullough-Pitts neural network      266
McTaggart, John M. E., absolute idealism of      157—158
Medawar, Peter, on Teilhard      196—197 198
Medieval ages, design arguments in      46—49
Mediocrity, in discussion of ETI      577 586
Mediocrity, Principle of      577
Mediocrity, probably not true      587
Melting points, of various hydrides      524
Memes (Dawkins' name for idea-complexes)      522
Memory, of measuring system      472—473
Mercury, orbital radius of      221
Meson exchange concept, nuclear interaction theory      295 318 320
Mesons, formation at beginning of Universe      371
Mesons, reproduction of      513 514
Metabolic requirements, large brain      130
Metallic bonds      300 301
Metals, astrophysical definition of      587
Metazoans      513
Methodological determinism      139
Methodological reductionism      138
Micelles      540
Michell mass (of black hole)      348
Michell radius (of black hole)      348
Michell, John, on black holes      347
Microscope, invention of      57
Microwave background radiation, as echo of Big Bang      368 380
Microwave background radiation, spectrum compared with that of black body      380
Microwave background radiation, steady-state cosmologies dealing with      601—602
Microwave background radiation, temperature isotropy of      419
Milne, E.A., dual timescales in      244 245
Milne, E.A., gravitation theory      237—238
Milton, John, quoted      219 384
Mind $(\nu ov\zeta)$      32
Mind $(\nu ov\zeta),$ Anaxagoras' concept of      32—33
Mineral ecology concept      522
Minimum principles      148 149 see “Least
Mises, Ludwig von, view of human history      139—140
Misner, Charles W., chaotic cosmology      178 420
Mitochondria, development necessary as crucial step in Man's evolution      563
Mixmaster cosmological model      66
Mobility, size relationship, for aquatic creatures      313—324
Mobility, size relationship, for land-based animals      316—327
Molecular structures, life systems      88
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