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Author : David Sloan
Release : 2020-10-29
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 549/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fine-Tuning in the Physical Universe by : David Sloan
Download or read book Fine-Tuning in the Physical Universe written by David Sloan. This book was released on 2020-10-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of fine-tuning arguments in physics, for students and researchers in physics and philosophy.
Author : Victor J. Stenger
Release : 2011-04-15
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 440/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning by : Victor J. Stenger
Download or read book The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning written by Victor J. Stenger. This book was released on 2011-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A number of authors have noted that if some physical parameters were slightly changed, the universe could no longer support life, as we know it. This implies that life depends sensitively on the physics of our universe. Does this "fine-tuning" of the universe suggest that a creator god intentionally calibrated the initial conditions of the universe such that life on earth and the evolution of humanity would eventually emerge? In his in-depth and highly accessible discussion of this fascinating and controversial topic, the author looks at the evidence and comes to the opposite conclusion. He finds that the observations of science and our naked senses not only show no evidence for God, they provide evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that God does not exist.
Author : Geraint F. Lewis
Release : 2016-10-06
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 221/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Fortunate Universe by : Geraint F. Lewis
Download or read book A Fortunate Universe written by Geraint F. Lewis. This book was released on 2016-10-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last forty years, scientists have uncovered evidence that if the Universe had been forged with even slightly different properties, life as we know it - and life as we can imagine it - would be impossible. Join us on a journey through how we understand the Universe, from its most basic particles and forces, to planets, stars and galaxies, and back through cosmic history to the birth of the cosmos. Conflicting notions about our place in the Universe are defined, defended and critiqued from scientific, philosophical and religious viewpoints. The authors' engaging and witty style addresses what fine-tuning might mean for the future of physics and the search for the ultimate laws of nature. Tackling difficult questions and providing thought-provoking answers, this volumes challenges us to consider our place in the cosmos, regardless of our initial convictions.
Author : David Sloan
Release : 2020-10-29
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 278/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fine-Tuning in the Physical Universe by : David Sloan
Download or read book Fine-Tuning in the Physical Universe written by David Sloan. This book was released on 2020-10-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the universe fine-tuned for complexity, life, or something else? This comprehensive overview of fine-tuning arguments in physics, with contributions from leading researchers in their fields, sheds light on this often used but seldom understood topic. Each chapter reviews a specific subject in modern physics, such as dark energy, inflation, or solar system formation, and discusses whether any parameters in our current theories appear to be fine-tuned and, if so, to what degree. Connections and differences between these fine-tuning arguments are made clear, and detailed mathematical derivations of various fine-tuned parameters are given. This accessible yet precise introduction to fine-tuning in physics will aid students and researchers across astrophysics, atomic and particle physics and cosmology, as well as all those working at the intersections of physics and philosophy.
Author : Jason Waller
Release : 2019-09-05
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 467/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Cosmological Fine-Tuning Arguments by : Jason Waller
Download or read book Cosmological Fine-Tuning Arguments written by Jason Waller. This book was released on 2019-09-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the physical constants, initial conditions, or laws of nature in our universe had been even slightly different, then the evolution of life would have been impossible. This observation has led many philosophers and scientists to ask the natural next question: why is our universe so "fine-tuned" for life? The debates around this question are wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary, complicated, technical, and (at times) heated. This study is a comprehensive investigation of these debates and the many metaphysical and epistemological questions raised by cosmological fine-tuning. Waller’s study reaches two significant and controversial conclusions. First, he concludes that the criticisms directed at the "multiverse hypothesis" by theists and at the "theistic hypothesis" by naturalists are largely unsuccessful. Neither of these options can plausibly be excluded. Choosing between them seems to turn on primitive (and so hard to justify) metaphysical intuitions. Second, in order to break the philosophical deadlock, Waller moves the debate from the level of universes to the level of possible worlds. Arguing that possible worlds are also "fine-tuned" in an important and interesting sense, Waller concludes that the only plausible explanation for the fine-tuning of the actual world is to posit the existence of some kind of "God-like-thing."
