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- catalog abstract ""Are there really laws of nature out there, waiting to be discovered? Or are they an illusion? A retitled and revised edition of The World Within the World, this is John Barrow's extraordinary study of how we view the universe. Covering the magical notions of primitive cultures to the latest ideas about chaos, black holes, inflation, and superstrings, the book traces the development of our concept of what the laws of nature are and how we come to know them."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "World within the world.".
- catalog contributor b11689262.
- catalog contributor b11689263.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Are there really laws of nature out there, waiting to be discovered? Or are they an illusion? A retitled and revised edition of The World Within the World, this is John Barrow's extraordinary study of how we view the universe. Covering the magical notions of primitive cultures to the latest ideas about chaos, black holes, inflation, and superstrings, the book traces the development of our concept of what the laws of nature are and how we come to know them."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Prologue -- 2. Time past -- 3. Unseeen worlds -- 4. Inner space and outer space -- 5. Why are the laws of Nature mathematical? -- 6. Are there any laws of Nature? -- 7. Selection effects.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [428]-439) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 448 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Universe that discovered itself.".
- catalog identifier "0192862006 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Universe that discovered itself.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Universe that discovered itself.".
- catalog subject "523.1 21".
- catalog subject "Cosmology Popular works.".
- catalog subject "Physics Popular works.".
- catalog subject "QC24.5 .B37 2000".
- catalog subject "Science Philosophy Popular works.".
- catalog subject "Science Popular works.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Prologue -- 2. Time past -- 3. Unseeen worlds -- 4. Inner space and outer space -- 5. Why are the laws of Nature mathematical? -- 6. Are there any laws of Nature? -- 7. Selection effects.".
- catalog title "The universe that discovered itself / John D. Barrow.".
- catalog type "Popular works. fast".
- catalog type "text".