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Cosmic Understanding : Philosophy and Science of the Universe /

Munitz, Milton K.

Cosmic Understanding : Philosophy and Science of the Universe / Milton K. Munitz. - 1 online resource (298 p.)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Search for Cosmic Understanding -- 2. Cosmology at the Dawn of Western Thought -- 3. The Universe -- 4. The Beginning and End of the Universe -- 5. Cosmic Horizons -- 6. The Boundless -- 7. Human Existence -- Index

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The description for this book, Cosmic Understanding: Philosophy and Science of the Universe, will be forthcoming.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780691228143

10.1515/9780691228143 doi


PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics.

Bailey and Pillard twin study. Cambrian explosion. Darwinian evolution. EPR experiment. Federal Drug Administration. Hound of the Baskervilles Effect. INAH. Jupiter space debris removal system. Kepler, Johannes. LeVay, Simon. active placebos. aliens and public opinion. ancient temperatures. andropause. artificial life. aspirin therapy. autocatalytic reactions. balloon temperature data. blackbody spectrum. blood clotting mechanism. breast implants. chess and intelligence. climate sensitivity. clinical equipoise. collective consciousness. dinosaur extinction. dirty bombs. double blind method. drapetomania. dysgenics. educational system changes. emotional intelligence. entangled particles. falsifiability. file drawer problem. first generation stars. gambling and psychokinesis. habitable zone. homophobia. ice ages and greenhouse gases. informed choice fallacy. irreducible complexity. levitation. linkage analysis. magnetic field. mass extinctions. medical anthropology. mortality and temperature. natural selection. neurotransmitters. neutrino oscillations. onanism.

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