Metaphysical Experiments Physics and the Invention of the Universe |
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| Author:
| Ekeberg, Bjø |
| Series title: | Posthumanities Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5179-0570-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2019 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $39.99 |
Book Description:
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Focusingon the nonmathematical assumptions underlying significant events in modernscience, Bjørn Ekeberg offers a critical history of contemporary physics thatdemystifies such concepts as singularity, blackbody radiation, the speed oflight, natural constants, black holes, dark matter, and more. His reading ofthe metaphysical underpinnings of scientific cosmology offers an account of howwe understand our place in the universe.
Focusingon the nonmathematical assumptions underlying significant events in modernscience, Bjørn Ekeberg offers a critical history of contemporary physics thatdemystifies such concepts as singularity, blackbody radiation, the speed oflight, natural constants, black holes, dark matter, and more. His reading ofthe metaphysical underpinnings of scientific cosmology offers an account of howwe understand our place in the universe.