The big bang and relative immortality : seminal essays on the creation of the universe and the advent of biological immortality /

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Author / Creator:Sisti, Sebastian.
Imprint:New York : Algora Pub., ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 131 pages)
Language:English
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11182855
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Summary:This series of brief and sparkling philosophical essays explores the Principle of Continuity as it impacts discussions of the Big Bang and the expansion of the universe, God, infinity, biological immortality and evolution. From Ancient Greece to the frontiers of modern science, some egregious blunders have been made in both philosophy and in theoretical physics. The old theory of Continuous Creation was blown up by the Big Bang theory, but the author shows that this is just another ontological quagmire that conflicts with the First Law of Thermodynamics (conservation)and common sense. Surveyi.
Other form:Print version: Sisti, Sebastian. Big bang and relative immortality. New York : Algora Pub., ©2008
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