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Accelerating Expansion explores some of the philosophical implications of modern cosmology, focused on the significance that the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe has for our understanding of time, geometry, and physics.
List of contents
- i: Our Hero
- ii: Let the Good Times Roll
- iii: Symmetry and Curvature
- iv: Elliptic de Sitter Spacetime
- v: The Anti-Hero
- vi: Asymptotically de Sitter Spacetimes
- vii: Stability, Instability, and Hair
- viii: Cosmic Topology
- ix: Brains!
About the author
Gordon Belot studied at the University of Toronto, Cambridge University, and the University of Pittsburgh. He has taught at Princeton University, New York University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Michigan, where he is currently the Lawrence Sklar Collegiate Professor of Philosophy. His book Geometric Possibility won the Lakatos Award. He has held fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the National Science Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Summary
Accelerating Expansion explores some of the philosophical implications of modern cosmology, focused on the significance that the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe has for our understanding of time, geometry, and physics.
Additional text
The book arrives at discussions of "no-hair" theorems, links to quantum mechanics, and Boltzmann brains. The references are extensive, and the book is accessible to advanced undergraduates and graduate students. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals.
