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Cosmogenesis: The Growth of Order in the Universe
David Layzer
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Description for Cosmogenesis: The Growth of Order in the Universe
paperback. This study of chaos and order in the universe aims to mark a new direction in the scientific approach to astrophysics. It draws physics, biology, chemistry and astronomy into a philosophy of order, which is able to accommodate the individual act and random event without causing breakdowns. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 halftones, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA; PG; PH; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
This fascinating study of chaos and order in the universe marks a new direction in scientific approaches to these areas. Rejecting Laplacian notions of `meaningless', coincidental order and of a ruling tendency towards dissolution and chaos, Layzer draws physics, biology, chemistry, and astronomy into a fluid philosophy of order, able to accommodate the individual act and random event without causing structural breakdown. Layzer manages to be both entertaining and very convincing at the same time. Among the intriguing side issues he brings up are a new theory for the origins of the universe and a physical explanation for why off-key musical notes jar.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195069082
SKU
KSG0035612
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About David Layzer
David Layzer is the Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics at Harvard University. He is the author of Constructing the Universe.
Reviews for Cosmogenesis: The Growth of Order in the Universe
" I found every chapter stimulating, thought provoking, wide ranging, philosophically sensitive, and thoroughly enjoyable.... This is a book inspired by a genuine passion for the light that science can cast and which spans many of the great questions of being with an understated, controlled, spiritual, optimism." The Times Higher Education Supplement on the hardback 'Layzer certainly has a great deal to say that is interesting and thought-provoking, specifically on thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.' Charles Jenkins, The Observatory, Vol. 112, No. 1109, August 1992 'any well-written, authoritative, wide-ranging book, explaining and relating developments in a variety of fields, is to be welcomed ... David Layzer's book, Cosmogenesis, fills all these criteria ... there are lots of well presented facts in this book' E. Squires, Contemporary Physics, 1992, volume 33, number 3