Whitehead and the Measurement Problem of Cosmology (Process Thought, 5) - Hardcover

Herstein, Gary L.

 
9783110327977: Whitehead and the Measurement Problem of Cosmology (Process Thought, 5)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 311032797X ISBN 13: 9783110327977
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter, 2006

Synopsis

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity links the metrical structure of the cosmic order (or "cosmology") to the contingent distributions of matter and energy throughout the universe, one of the chief areas of investigation in astrophysics. However, presently we have neither devised nor discovered system of uniform relations whereby we can make our cosmological measurements intelligible. This is "the measurement problem of cosmology." Using both historical ideas (such as A.N. Whitehead's work in the 1920s) and contemporary evidence and theories, argue that the measurement problem has neither been fully understood nor rightly interpreted. With better grasp of this problem, such as am attempting to provide, the prospects for solution look brighter.

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Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
311032797X
ISBN 13 
9783110327977
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
215

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