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Carr, Bernard (red.), 2007- Universe or Multiverse?

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Autor / redaktor
Carr, Bernard (red.)
Tytuł
Universe or Multiverse?
Rok
2007
Identyfikator
carr-bernard-universe-or-multiverse
Źródło / uwaga
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Opis bibliograficzny

Bernard Carr (red.), Universe or Multiverse? (Cambridge: CUP, 2007), s. 84–85: „A key issue is whether constants are contingent or uniquely determined…” (dyskusja o kosztach ontologicznych i alternatywach wyjaśnień).

Spis treści

List of contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Editorial note

Part I. Overviews

  1. Introduction and overview — Bernard Carr
  2. Living in the multiverse — Steven Weinberg
  3. Enlightenment, knowledge, ignorance, temptation — Frank Wilczek

Part II. Cosmology and astrophysics

  1. Cosmology and the multiverse — Martin J. Rees
  2. The Anthropic Principle revisited — Bernard Carr
  3. Cosmology from the top down — S. W. Hawking
  4. The multiverse hierarchy — Max Tegmark
  5. The inflationary multiverse — Andrei Linde
  6. A model of anthropic reasoning: the dark to ordinary matter ratio — Frank Wilczek
  7. Anthropic predictions: the case of the cosmological constant — Alexander Vilenkin
  8. The definition and classification of universes — James D. Bjorken
  9. M/string theory and anthropic reasoning — Renata Kallosh
  10. The anthropic principle, dark energy and the LHC — Savas Dimopoulos and Scott Thomas

Part III. Particle physics and quantum theory

  1. Quarks, electrons and atoms in closely related universes — Craig J. Hogan
  2. The fine-tuning problems of particle physics and anthropic mechanisms — John F. Donoghue
  3. The anthropic landscape of string theory — Leonard Susskind
  4. Cosmology and the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics — V. F. Mukhanov
  5. Anthropic reasoning and quantum cosmology — James B. Hartle
  6. Micro-anthropic principle for quantum theory — Brandon Carter

Part IV. More general philosophical issues

  1. Scientific alternatives to the anthropic principle — Lee Smolin
  2. Making predictions in a multiverse: conundrums, dangers, coincidences — Anthony Aguirre
  3. Multiverses: description, uniqueness and testing — George Ellis
  4. Predictions and tests of multiverse theories — Don N. Page
  5. Observation selection theory and cosmological fine-tuning — Nick Bostrom
  6. Are anthropic arguments, involving multiverses and beyond, legitimate? — William R. Stoeger, S. J.
  7. The multiverse hypothesis: a theistic perspective — Robin Collins
  8. Living in a simulated universe — John D. Barrow
  9. Universes galore: where will it all end? — Paul Davies

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