The Anthropic Cosmological Principle
Abstract
Is there any connection between the vastness of the universes of stars and galaxies and the existence of life on a small planet out in the suburbs of the Milky Way? This book shows that there is. In their classic work, John Barrow and Frank Tipler examine the question of Mankind's place in the Universe, taking the reader on a tour of many scientific disciplines and offering fascinating insights into issues such as the nature of life, the serach for extraterrestrial intelligence, and the past history and fate of our universe.
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The idea of Poincare recurrence in cosmology is generally discounted because cosmological models are all actually unbounded.
“This is a old idea in cosmologysee ref.[11] for a discussion, but is generally discounted because cosmological models are all actually unbounded [58] .”
From Entropic Issues in Contemporary Cosmology (2003) · cites this paper as [11]
A similar entropy problem to that in the original Tolman cyclic model limits the number of allowed cycles.
“A similar entropy problem to that in the original Tolman cyclic model that also limits the number of allowed cycles -see eg.[11].”
From Entropic Issues in Contemporary Cosmology (2003) · cites this paper as [11]
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- Authors
- Barrow, J. D., Tipler, F. J., & Anderson, J. L.
- Affiliations
- Stevens Institute of Technology (US)
- Venue
- Physics Today
- Publisher
- AIP Publishing
- Published
- 1987-09-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 84-86
- ISSN
- 0031-9228 (ISSN-L)
- 1945-0699
- OpenAlex
- W1986629118
- Cited by
- 1,359
- References
- 0
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- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (1987-03-01)
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physics Today (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
- Keywords
- anthropic principle, cosmology, origin of life, extraterrestrial intelligence, fate of the universe, nature of life, John Barrow, human place in the universe
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