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The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us
Publication year:
2011
ISBN:
978-1-61614-443-2
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Table of Contents:
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1. Science and God
1.1. NOMA
1.2. Natural Theology
1.3. Darwinism
1.4. Intelligent Design
2. The Anthropic Principles
2.1. Fine-Tuning
2.2. History
2.3. Hoyle's Prediction
2.4. The Anthropic Principles
2.5. Fine-Tuning Today
3. The Four Dimensions
3.1. Models
3.2. Observations
3.3. Space, Time, and Reality
3.4. Parameters
3.5. Definitions
3.6. Trivial and Arbitrary Parameters
3.7. Space-Time and Four-Momentum
3.8. Criteria for Fine-Tuning
3.9. Geological and Biological Parameters
4. Point-of-View Invariance
4.1. The Conservation Principles
4.2. Lorentz Invariance
4.3. Classical Mechanics
4.4. General Relativity and Gravity
4.5. Quantum Mechanics
4.6. Gauge Theory
4.7. The Standard Model
4.8. Atoms and the Void
5. Cosmos
5.1. Some Basic Cosmology
5.2. A Semi-Newtonian Model
5.3. Inflation, Past and Present
5.4. Phase Space
5.5. Entropy
6. The Eternal Universe
6.1. Did the Universe Begin?
6.2. The Missing Singularity
6.3. Quantum Tunneling
6.4. Imaginary Time
6.5. A Scenario for a Natural Origin of the Universe
6.6. The Biverse
7. Gravity is Fiction
7.1. Gravity and Electromagnetism
7.2. Not Universal
7.3. Why Are Masses So Small?
7.4. How to Get Mass
7.5. Another Way to Get Mass
8. Chemistry
8.1. The Hydrogen Atom
8.2. The Quantum Theory of Atoms
8.3. The Many-Electron Atom
8.4. The Scaling of the Schrödinger Equation
8.5. Range of Allowed Parameters
9. The Hoyle Resonance
9.1. Manufacturing Heavier Elements in Stars
9.2. The Hoyle Prediction
10. Physics Parameters
10.1. Are the Relative Masses of Particles Fine-Tuned?
10.2. Mass of Electron
10.3. Masses of Neutrinos
10.4. Strength of Weak Nuclear Force
10.5. Strength of the Strong Interaction
10.6. The Relative Strength of the Forces
10.7. Proton Decay
10.8. Baryogenesis
11. Cosmic Parameters
11.1. Mass Density of the Universe
11.2. Deuterium
11.3. The Expansion Rate of the Universe
11.4. Protons and Electrons in the Universe
11.5. Big Bang Ripples
11.6. Parameters of the Concordance Model
11.7. The Cold Big Bang
12. The Cosmological Constant
12.1. Vacuum Energy
12.2. Holographic Cosmology
12.3. Ghost Particles
12.4. Is the Cosmological Constant Zero by Definition?
12.5. Acceleration with Zero Cosmological Constant
12.6. The Multiverse and the Principle of Mediocrity
13. Monkeygod
13.1. Principles and Parameters
13.2. Simulating Universes
14. Probability
14.1. Probability Arguments
14.2. Bayesian Arguments
14.3. Another Bayesian Argument
15. Quantum and Consciousness
15.1. The New Spirituality
15.2. Making Your Own Reality
15.3. Waves and Particles
15.4. Human Inventions
15.5. A Single Reality
15.6. The Statistical Interpretation
15.7. Deriving the Uncertainty Principle
16. Summary and Review
16.1. The Parameters
16.2. Probability Arguments
16.3. Status of the Strong Anthropic Principle
16.4. A Final Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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