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The comprehensible cosmos : where do the laws of physics come from? / Victor J. Stenger.
- Title
- The comprehensible cosmos : where do the laws of physics come from? / Victor J. Stenger.
- Author
- Stenger, Victor J., 1935-2014
- Publication
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, c2006.
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Details
- Description
- 340 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Stenger provides an in-depth presentation for those fascinated by how physicsexplains the universe and affects philosophy.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-325) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- What are the laws of physics? -- The stuff that kicks back -- Point-of-view invariance -- Gauging the laws of physics -- Forces and broken symmetries -- Playing dice -- After the bang -- Out of the void -- The comprehensible cosmos -- Models of reality.
- ISBN
- 1591024242 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781591024248 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2006009274
- OCLC
- 65064732
- SCSB-10484627
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library