The Life of the Cosmos
Published on 27. May 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-19-512664-8 (ISBN)
Description
In The Life of the Cosmos, Lee Smolin offers a theory of the universe that is radically different from anything proposed before. He argues that 'The underlying structure of our world is to be found in the logic of evolution'. He departs from contemporary physicists to explore the idea that the laws of nature we observe may be the partial result a process of natural selection that occurred before the Big Bang.
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It is a pleasure to be reminded in detail of how extraordinary this world is. * Times Literary Supplement *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
562 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-512664-8 (9780195126648)
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Lee Smolin is Professor of Physics at the Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry at the Pennsylvania State University. As a theoretical physicist, he has contributed several key ideas to the search for a unification of quantum theory, cosmology, and relativity.