The self-evolving cosmos : a phenomenological approach to nature's unity-in-diversity / Steven M Rosen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosen, Steven M.

Series:

K & E series on knots and everything ; v. 18.

K & E series on knots and everything ; v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics--Philosophy.

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique book offers an original way of thinking about two of the most significant problems confronting modern theoretical physics: the unification of the forces of nature and the evolution of the universe. In bringing out the inadequacies of the prevailing approach to these questions, the author demonstrates the need for more than just a new theory. The meanings of space and time themselves must be radically rethought, which requires a whole new philosophical foundation. To this end, the book turns to the phenomenological writings of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Martin Heidegger. Their insig

Contents:

Introduction: Individuation and the quest for unity

The obstacle to unification in modern physics

Does contemporary mathematical physics actually

Depart from the classical formulation

Apparent concretization of mathematical physics via symmetry breaking

The implicit attempt to maintain the classical formula and its ultimate failure

The phenomenological challenge to the classical formula

Topological phenomenology

Phenomenological intuition, topology, and the klein bottle

The physical significance of the Klein bottle

Spin

Vorticity

The dimensional family of topological spinors

Generalization of intuitive topology

Topodimensional spin matrix

Basic principles of dimensional transformation

Synsymmetry and the self-transformation of space

From symmetry breaking to dimensional generation

The three basic stages of dimensional generation

Kleinian topogeny

Waves carrying waves: the co-evolution of lifeworlds

The forces of nature

The phenomenon of light

Phenomenological Kaluza-Klein theory

Summary comparison of conventional and topo-phenomenological approaches to kaluza-klein theory

Cosmogony, symmetry, and phenomenological intuition

Conventional view of the evolving cosmos

The problem of symmetry

A new kind of clarity

The self-evolving cosmos

Introduction to the cosmogonic matrix

Overview of cosmic evolution

The role of the fermions in dimensional generation

Projective stages of cosmogony : dimensional divergence

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stages 3 and 4

Proprioceptive stages of cosmogony : dimensional convergence

Conclusion: Wider horizons of cosmic evolution

The psychophysics of cosmogony

Psychical aspects of the fundamental particles

Toward a reflexive physics

Concretization of the self-evolving cosmos.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-257) and index.

ISBN:

9786611911805

9781281911803

1281911801

9789812771742

9812771743

OCLC:

879023574