Cosmogenesis: The Growth of Order in the Universe

by David Layzer

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Eminent Harvard astrophysicist David Layzer offers readers a unified theory of natural order and its origins, from the permanence, stability, and orderliness of sub-atomic particles to the evolution of the human mind. Cosmogenesis provides the first extended account of a controversial theory that connects quantum mechanics with the second law of thermodynamics, and presents novel resolutions of longstanding paradoxes in these theories, such as those...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195069080

ISBN13:9780195069082

Release Date:March 1991

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Astronomy Astronomy & Astrophysics Astronomy & Space Science Education & Reference Epistemology Evolution History & Philosophy Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Science

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