Whitehead and the Measurement Problem of Cosmology / / Gary L. Herstein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Herstein, Gary L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Process Thought , 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; CHAPTER ONE: The Measurement Problem of Cosmology --; CHAPTER TWO: Chaos, Confusion and Cosmology --; CHAPTER THREE: Metrical Theories vs. Theories of Measurement --; CHAPTER FOUR: The Nature of Nature --; CHAPTER FIVE: Nuts and Bolts --; CHAPTER SIX: The Big(ger) Picture --; REFERENCES
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110328264; 9783110238570; 9783110238488; 9783110636949; 9783110331226; 9783110331219
• ISSN: 2198-2287
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110328264
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gary L. Herstein.

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity links the metrical structure of the cosmic order (or "cosmology") to the contingent distributions of matter and energy throughout the universe, one of the chief areas of investigation in astrophysics. However, presently we have neither devised nor discovered system of uniform relations whereby we can make our cosmological measurements intelligible. This is "the measurement problem of cosmology." Using both historical ideas (such as A.N. Whitehead's work in the 1920s) and contemporary evidence and theories, argue that the measurement problem has neither been fully understood nor rightly interpreted. With better grasp of this problem, such as am attempting to provide, the prospects for solution look brighter.