THE UNIVERSE AROUND US:

AN INTEGRATIVE VIEW OF SCIENCE AND COSMOLOGY

 

George Ellis

 

Mathematics Department

University of Cape Town

 

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Index

          Preface

Part 1: ISSUES AND FOUNDATIONS

          Chapter 1: The big questions

    - The aims of this text

           Chapter 2: Understanding the Universe

    - Attaining scientific understanding

 

Part 2: THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING

           Chapter 3: The Physical World

    - Physics, Chemistry, and Earth Sciences

           Chapter 4: The Living World

    - Microbiology to Ecology

           Chapter 5: The Physical Universe

    - Astronomy and Cosmology

           Chapter 6: Emerging Questions and Uncertainties

    - Limits of knowledge in Cosmology

 

Part 3: HUMANITY AND THE UNIVERSE

           Chapter 7: The Congenial Environment

    - The Anthropic issue

           Chapter 8: Limits of Applicability of Science

    - The need for broad approaches to understanding

 

 

[Version 2002-07-29].

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