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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.
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Год издания: 1986
Количество страниц: 726
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University president (anon.), quoted 185
Uranus, orbital radius predicted for 221
Vacuum fluctuation model 440—441
Vacuum polarization 355 408
Van der Waals bonding 300 301 526—527 528
van Flandern, T. C, technique to measure constancy of gravitational constant 243
Vaporization, heats of for various hydrides 525
Vaporization, heats of for various liquids 535
Variational principles, contribution of D'Alembert and Maupertuis 65—66
Varying constants 238—243
Varying constants, Jordan's approach 235
Venus, atmospheric composition 544
Venus, life on 511
Venus, orbital radius of 221
Vesalius, illustrated anatomy book 112
Vico, Giovanni 68—69
Viruses, reproductive cycle of 515—527 519
Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) 64—65
Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet), caricature of Leibniz 6 65
Von Neumann machines 517—529
von Neumann machines rights to freedom of 595 600
von Neumann measurements 464—465 473—474
von Neumann probes 579—580 581 see “Universal
von Neumann probes, colonization of space by 580
von Neumann probes, compared with human beings 583
von Neumann probes, in Solar System 597
von Neumann probes, obsolescence of 581
von Neumann probes, possibility of loss of control 595
von Neumann probes, possibility of random assembly 603—604
von Neumann probes, right to freedom 595 600
W bosons 370
W bosons, in magnetic monopoles 656
Wald, George, on chlorophyll 556
Wald, George, quoted 127 510
Ward, James, telelogical argument 182—183
Ward, Lester, on evolution 188
Waste heat, from advanced civilizations 597 598
Waste heat, information-processing 667 668
Waste heat, information-processing, heat sink for 667—668
Water, anthropic significance of 524—541
Water, boiling point compared with other hydrides 524
Water, crystal structure of 532
Water, density as function of temperature 531
Water, dielectric constant compared with other substances 537 538
Water, heat of vaporization compared with other substances 525 535
Water, melting point compared with other hydrides 524
Water, molecular bond angles/distance 528 529
Water, percolation networks in 539
Water, phase diagram for 532
Water, phases of 431
Water, solvation cage effect 539 540
Water, specific heat compared with other substances 534
Water, surface tension compared with other liquids 536
Water, thermal conductivity compared with other substances 535
Water, unique properties of 88 143 524—525
Water, various physical properties quoted 524 525
Wave equation, solution in one dimension 267
Wave equation, solution in seven dimensions 268—269
Wave equation, solution in three dimensions 267—268
Wave equation, solution in two dimensions 267
Wave function collapse, required by Copenhagen Interpretation 459 466 467 496
Wave function of Universe 105 482 492 499
Wave function of Universe, Hawking's definition of 449
Wave function of Universe, non-normalizability of 482 501
Wave-packet spreading, Many-Worlds approach 483—485
Weak Anthropic Principle (WAP), as application of Bayes' theorem 17
Weak Anthropic Principle (WAP), as restatement of existing principle 23
Weak Anthropic Principle (WAP), constraints on Earth's future 556—570
Weak Anthropic Principle (WAP), Copernican Principle resulting from 4
Weak Anthropic Principle (WAP), definition of 16
Weak Anthropic Principle (WAP), first examples 247—248
Weak Anthropic Principle (WAP), in astrophysics 290—291 305—318 327—360
Weak Anthropic Principle (WAP), in physics 290—305 318—327
Weak Anthropic Principle (WAP), quantum cosmology boundary conditions 497—503
Weak Anthropic Principle (WAP), selection of measuring operators in split-universe model 478—479
Weak Anthropic Principle (WAP), three-dimensional space 275
Weak interactions 293—294 370
Weak interactions, in unified theories 354 357
Weak interactions, radioactivity as example 293—294
Wealth, as information 172—173 595 600
Weather systems, on habitable planets 338
Webster's Dictionary, quoted 159
Webster, John, view of Scholasticism 58
Weinberg angle 294 354
Weinberg coincidence 229 230
Weinberg criterion (for non-equilibrium decay of X bosons) 406
Weinberg, Steven, quoted 472 613—624
Weinberg-Salam model 354
Weisskopf, V., quoted 238
Weyl curvature 446 447
Weyl's hypothesis 224 277n
Weyl, Hermann, on dimensionality 260—261
Weyl, Hermann, on large number coincidences 224
Wheeler, John A., delayed choice experiments 469—470
Wheeler, John A., infinitely cycling closed universe concept 193 248—249
Wheeler, John A., on laws of Nature 255 257
Wheeler, John A., Participatory Anthropic Principle 22 470 471 505
Wheeler, John A., quoted, on time 173
Wheeler-Feynman electrodynamics formulation 151—152
Whewell, William 82 117n 144
Whig historical interpretation 9—10
Whig historical interpretation, criticism of 10 135
Whig historical interpretation, justification of 10—11
White dwarfs 340—341
White dwarfs, cooling of 648
White dwarfs, lifetimes in presence of monopoles 657
White dwarfs, mass limitation 341
White dwarfs, size compared with neutron stars 342
Whitehead, Alfred North 191
Whitehead, contingency problem solution 106
Whitehead, cosmic epochs concept 192
Whitehead, global time discussion 216
Whitehead, organism view of Universe 191
Whitehead, quoted, on cosmology 615
Whitehead, teleological mechanism in his cosmology 193—194
Whitehead, transient nature of physical laws 192
Whitrow, G.J., anthropic argument for three dimensions 12 15—16 247 259 266
Whittaker, E.T., on Eddington's Fundamental Theory 224—225
Whittaker, E.T., on Heat Death 168—169
Wigner's Friend Paradox 467—468
Wigner, Eugene, quoted 468
Wilson cloud chamber experiment 485—489
Wilson cloud chamber experiment, dynamic analysis 487—489
Wilson cloud chamber experiment, static analysis 486—487
Wilson, R.A., discovery of microwave background radiation 368 380
Wyman, J., quoted, on carbon dioxide 548
X bosons 370 371
X bosons, asymmetrical decay of 405—407
X bosons, in magnetic monopoles 655 656
X bosons, mediation of interactions in grand unified theories 357 404
Xenophon, quoted 35 36
Y bosons, in magnetic monopoles 656
Y bosons, mediation of interactions in grand unified theories 404
Year length, calculation of 337
Young-universe model 409
Young-universe model in isotropy interpretation 426 427
Yukawa gravitation potentials 262—263
Yukawa nuclear interaction model 295 318 319 363n
Z bosons, in magnetic monopoles 656
Zeldovich, Y. B., criticism of varying gravitational constant large numbers hypotheses 233—234
Zeno of Citium 42
Zeno's paradox 666—667
Zermelo, E. 174—175 176
Zoo hypothesis 597
Zuni Indian creation myth 93—94
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