The Anthropic Principle's Surprising Resurgence. Dan Falk.
by Falk, Dan; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 47Science. Publisher: Sky & Telescope, 2004ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Anthropic principle | Big bang theory | Cosmological constant | Cosmologists | Gravity and gravitation | String models | UniverseDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The universe--or at least our corner of it--is pretty comfortable: not too hot, not too cold, not too much deadly radiation, not too many ravenous black holes. Some argue that it's suspiciously comfortable: The nature of atoms and molecules, the strengths of the forces, the properties of stars and galaxies---all of it seems to be 'just right' for us." (SKY & TELESCOPE) This article examines what may have happened to the universe if values such as gravity had been only slightly different.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Anthropic Principle's Surprising Resurgence, March 2004; pp. 42-47.
"The universe--or at least our corner of it--is pretty comfortable: not too hot, not too cold, not too much deadly radiation, not too many ravenous black holes. Some argue that it's suspiciously comfortable: The nature of atoms and molecules, the strengths of the forces, the properties of stars and galaxies---all of it seems to be 'just right' for us." (SKY & TELESCOPE) This article examines what may have happened to the universe if values such as gravity had been only slightly different.
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