The end of discovery: are we approaching the boundaries of the knowable?

Fundamental science will one day come to an end, argues Russell Stannard. Ultimately there will be experiments too vast to finance, areas of knowledge the human brain cannot comprehend, evidence that forever eludes us. His book explores the likely boundaries of our quest to understand the nature of time, matter, consciousness, and the universe. INDICE: Introduction; 1: Brain and consciousness; 2: Creation of the cosmos; 3: The laws of nature; 4: The anthropic principle; 5: The size of the cosmos; 6: Extraterrestrial life; 7: The nature of space; 8: Space in relation to time; 9: The nature of time; 10: High energy physics; 11: The quantum world;12: Quantum gravity and string theory; 13: Concluding remarks

• ISBN: 978-0-19-958524-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 23/09/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés