The big bang and relative immortality : seminal essays on the creation of the universe and the advent of biological immortality / Sebastian Sisti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sisti, Sebastian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmology, Ancient.

Immortality.

Immortalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This series of brief and sparkling philosophical essays explores the Principle of Continuity as it impacts discussions of the Big Bang and the expansion of the universe, God, infinity, biological immortality and evolution. From Ancient Greece to the frontiers of modern science, some egregious blunders have been made in both philosophy and in theoretical physics. The old theory of Continuous Creation was blown up by the Big Bang theory, but the author shows that this is just another ontological quagmire that conflicts with the First Law of Thermodynamics (conservation)-and common sense. Surveyi

Contents:

Chapter 1. Big Bangism; Chapter 2. Walking through Infinity; Chapter 3. Falling Trees; Chapter 4. The Improbable Being of God; Chapter 5. Progressive Evolution; Chapter 6. Relative Immortality; Chapter 7. Thou Shalt Not Kill; Chapter 8. The Three Compulsions (Contributions to a Theory of Quantum Psychology); Chapter 9. Atoms Think

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786611793760

1-281-79376-0

0-87586-608-5

OCLC:

476192331