The self-evolving cosmos
Subtitle: a phenomenological approach to nature's unity-in-diversity
By: Steven M Rosen.
Series: K & E series on knots and everything -- v. 18
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9789812771735
Subjects: Physics -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-257) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Individuation and the quest for unity; title: The obstacle to unification in modern physics; title: Does contemporary mathematical physics actually; title: Depart from the classical formulation; title: Apparent concretization of mathematical physics via symmetry breaking; title: The implicit attempt to maintain the classical formula and its ultimate failure; title: The phenomenological challenge to the classical formula; title: Topological phenomenology; title: Phenomenological intuition, topology, and the klein bottle; title: The physical significance of the Klein bottle; title: Spin; title: Vorticity; title: The dimensional family of topological spinors; title: Generalization of intuitive topology; title: Topodimensional spin matrix; title: Basic principles of dimensional transformation; title: Synsymmetry and the self-transformation of space; title: From symmetry breaking to dimensional generation; title: The three basic stages of dimensional generation; title: Kleinian topogeny; title: Waves carrying waves: the co-evolution of lifeworlds; title: The forces of nature; title: The phenomenon of light; title: Phenomenological Kaluza-Klein theory; title: Summary comparison of conventional and topo-phenomenological approaches to kaluza-klein theory; title: Cosmogony, symmetry, and phenomenological intuition; title: Conventional view of the evolving cosmos; title: The problem of symmetry; title: A new kind of clarity; title: The self-evolving cosmos; title: Introduction to the cosmogonic matrix; title: Overview of cosmic evolution; title: The role of the fermions in dimensional generation; title: Projective stages of cosmogony : dimensional divergence; title: Stage 1; title: Stage 2; title: Stages 3 and 4; title: Proprioceptive stages of cosmogony : dimensional convergence; title: Conclusion: Wider horizons of cosmic evolution; title: The psychophysics of cosmogony; title: Psychical aspects of the fundamental particles; title: Toward a reflexive physics; title: Concretization of the self-evolving cosmos.