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Copyright
First published in hardcover in the United States and the United Kingdom in 2016 by
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ISBN: 978-1-4683-1324-6
Contents
Advance Praise
Also by John Hands
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 The Quest
PART ONE: The Emergence and Evolution of Matter
Chapter 2 Origin Myths
Principal themes
Primordial chaos or water. Earth diver. Cosmogonic egg. World parents. Rebellion by children. Sacrifice. Primordial battle. Creation out of nothing. Eternal cycle.
Explanations
Literal truth. Metaphor. Aspect of absolute reality. Archetypal truth. Foetal experience. Limited comprehension of natural phenomena. Political and cultural need. Insight.
Tests of evidence and reason
Reasons for endurance
Influence on scientific thinking
Chapter 3 The Emergence of Matter: Science’s Orthodox Theory
First half of the twentieth century
Current theory: the Big Bang
Theoretical basis. Simplifying assumptions: isotropy and omnicentrism.
Problems with the Big Bang theory
Magnetic monopole. Homogeneity. Isotropy of cosmic microwave background (Horizon problem). Flatness (Omega).
Inflation Theory solution
Validity of Inflationary Big Bang theory
Reliability of basic theory. Claims of evidential support for basic theory. Reliability of inflation theory. Claims of evidential support for inflation theory.
Conclusions
Chapter 4 What Science’s Orthodox Theory Fails to Explain
Singularity
Observed ratio of matter to radiation
Dark matter and Omega
Dark energy
Fine-tuning of cosmological parameters
Creation from nothing
Conclusions
Chapter 5 Other Cosmological Conjectures
Hartle-Hawking no-boundary universe
Eternal chaotic inflation
Variable speed of light
Cyclic bouncing universe
Natural selection of universes
Loop quantum gravity
Quasi-steady state cosmology
Plasma cosmology
Quint ............

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