The Seven Riddles of the Universe
Subtitle: The Seven Riddles of Modern Science, As seen by a Pupil of Gurdjieff
Publisher: Luzac Oriental an imprint of Monabooks UK
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Llangefni,Anglesey,North Wales.UK
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780955512285
Table of contents: title: Family Foreword.; title: Contents; title: Preface; title: Chapter 1: Man's search for Meaning; title: Chapter 2: Extending our Understanding of Reality. The Invisible Dimension. A Holistic Universe; title: Chapter 3: Riddle No 1: The Origin of the Visible Universe; title: Chapter 4: Riddle No 2: The Macro-Anthropic Principle. Why was the expanding Universe "Fine-tuned" to form and maintain Galaxies and Stars?; title: Chapter 5: Riddle No 3: The Micro-Anthropic Principle. Why did nuclear Fusion produce a predominance of the elements needed for Organic Chemistry?; title: Chapter 6: Riddle No 4: Why is there at least one planet in the Universe "Fine-tuned" for the development of Organic Life?; title: Chapter 7: Riddle No 5: What caused the appearance of the first Living Beings (Prokaryotes) on this Earth?; title: Chapter 8: Riddle No 6: Why did a succession of new Genera with increasing sophistication evolve to form a self-maintaining Ecosphere (Gaia)?; title: Chapter 9: Riddle No 7: Why did Homo Sapiens appear with Consciousness and the seed of Conscience?; title: Chapter 10: A Constant and Unflagging Instinctive Need for Self-Perfection in the Sense of Being; title: Appendix 1: Scientific Self-Observation; title: Bibliography; title: Appendix 2: Original Drawings