Resource Material
From Parmenides to Hegel
Plotinus: THE HEAVENLY CIRCUIT
Plotinus: AGAINST THE GNOSTICS
Daunt: The Universe of Aristotle and Ptolemy
Schombert: Greek Rationalism and Cosmology
Copernicus: Preface to De Revolutionibus
Hodges: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Galileo: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Bruno: On the Infinite Universe and Worlds, Intro
Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation
Williams: Laplace and the Nebular Hypothesis
Kant, Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven
Kant: System of Cosmological Ideas
Kant: Sceptical Exposition of Cosmological Problems
Kant: Solution of the Cosmological Problem
Indian and Chinese Perspectives
Mukhopadhyay: Themes of Indian Cosmology
The Rig Veda Rig-Veda, Book 10 HYMN CXXIX
Buddhism in Translations - § 69_ World-Cycles
Liu Zhongy: Taoist Cosmogony-Intro
Liu Zhongy: Taoist Cosmogony 1
Liu Zhongy: Taoist Cosmogony 2
Liu Zhongy: Taoist Cosmogony 3
Physical Cosmology
General
Wands: A Brief History of Cosmology
Short: Preface to the Cosmology Section
Short: Astronomy and Cosmology
Short: The Hubble Space Telescope
Smolin: Theory of Whole Cosmos
Big Bang Cosmology and Its Rivals
Errors in the Steady State and Quasi-SS Models
Inflation
Inflation and String Cosmology
Structure
The Birth, Life and Death of Stars
Novae, Supernovae; Neutron Stars and Pulsars
Spectral Analysis of Star Composition
Continuation of Galaxies Page.
Images of Galaxies and Stars outside the Visible Light Range
Models for the Origin of Planetary Systems
Space-Time and Expansion of the Universe
Acceleration and Dark Energy
Recent Innovations about the Concept of "Universe"
Bigger Faster Universe Expansion May Be Accelerating
Beyond Einstein Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe
Supernova found to confirm accelerating universe
Life
Tipler: Extraterrestrial Intelligent Beings Do Not Exist
Merkle: Self-Replicating Systems
Philosophical Cosmology
Anthropic Cosmological Principle
Barrow and Tipler on Anthropic Principle
Berger: An Impertinent resumé of the Anthropic Cosmological Principle
The Great Filter - Are We Almost Past It?
Bostrom: Observation Selection Theory
Process Philosophy
Atheistic Interpretations
Why Steven Hawking's Cosmology Precludes a Creator
Causation and the Logical Impossibility of a Divine Cause
Theological Misinterpretations of Current Physical Cosmology
The Pseudo-Problem of Creation in Physical Cosmology
Internal and External Causal Explanations of the Universe
Atheism, Theism and Big Bang Cosmology
Stephen Hawking's Cosmology and Theism
Simplicity and Why the Universe Exists
Time_began_with_a_timeless_point
Smith: Can Everything Come to Be Without a Cause
Smith: The Black Hole Origin Theory of the Universe
The Ultimate Fate of the Universe
Teilhard de Chardin - Evolution
The Phenomenon of Teilhard de
Chardin
Infinity
Peter Suber, Infinite Reflections
Infinite Ink The Continuum Hypothesis
Chaos
Chaos and Complexity \ Hypertextbook
Thermodynamics, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, String Theory
Thermodynamics and Time
Relativity
NASA: Beyond Einstein Edges of Spacetime and Black Hole Horizons.htm
NASA: Beyond Einstein The Beginning of Time
NASA: Beyond Einstein Cosmic Cacophony Gravitational Waves
NASA: Beyond Einstein Scientific Goals and Missions
Quantum Mechanics
Heisenberg: The History of Quantum Theory
Stedl: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Jenkins: Some Basic Ideas About Quantum Mechanics
Faye: Copenhagen Interpretation
Vaidman: Many Worlds Interpretation
Hilgevoord: The Uncertainty Principle
Fine: Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument
Price: The Everett Interpretation
Smith: The_Ontological_Interpretation of the Wave Function of the Universe
String Theory
NOVA The Elegant Universe Smashing Pictures
NOVA The Elegant Universe Glossary PBS.htm
NOVA Elegant Universe A Sense of Scale
NOVA Elegant Universe Resonance in Strings
NOVA The Elegant
Universe A Conversation with Brian Greene
NOVA The Elegant Universe A Theory of Everything
NOVA The Elegant Universe Amanda Peet
NOVA The Elegant Universe Edward Witten
NOVA The Elegant Universe Imagining Other Dimensions
NOVA The Elegant Universe Joe Lykken
NOVA The Elegant Universe Sheldon Glashow
NOVA The Elegant Universe Steven Weinberg
NOVA The Elegant Universe Sylvester Gates
Garisto: Curling Up Extra Dimensions
Abel and March-Russell: The search for extra dimensions
