The Cyclic Universe - A Conversation with Roger Penrose
By Howard Burton
Length2h 20m
About this audiobook
In the last twenty years, cosmology has unexpectedly emerged as one of the most exciting and dynamic fields of modern science. From astoundingly precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background to the ongoing mysteries of dark energy and dark matter, modern cosmology is unquestionably in the midst of its Golden Age.
And yet, one of the most eminent mathematical physicists of our age, Roger Penrose is convinced that there is one fundamental problem that is consistently being overlooked: why did our universe begin in such a particular state of extremely low entropy? His Conformal Cyclic Cosmology (CCC) is an attempt to directly address that question. This extensive conversation between Howard Burton and Roger Penrose, co-recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford, explores his motivation to come up with this theory in the first place and provides detailed insights into his groundbreaking research.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, A Hidden Audience, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Inadvertent Success - An inside look at a mysterious publishing phenomenon
II. Considering Entropy - Minimum, maximum and both at the same time
III. Mysteries and False Explanations - Dark issues and inflationary hyperbole
IV. Conformal Geometry - Reinterpreting the end and the beginning
V. CCC: The Basic Idea - Matching beginnings and ends, conformally
VI. Light Cones - Photons vs. massive particles
VII. Massive Headaches - And how we might make them disappear
VIII. Necessary Conditions - Dark energy, dark matter and information loss in black holes
IX. Cosmic Imprints? - Searching for evidence of past aeons
X. Battling Onwards - Challenges of an irrepressibly independent thinker
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Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature
Length2 hrs 20 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Contents
14Questions for Discussion:
2A Note on the Text
15VI. Light Cones
3Introduction
16Questions for Discussion:
4The Conversation
17VII. Massive Headaches
5I. Inadvertent Success
18Questions for Discussion:
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6Questions for Discussion:
19VIII. Necessary Conditions
7II. Considering Entropy
20Questions for Discussion:
8Questions for Discussion:
21IX. Cosmic Imprints?
9III. Mysteries and False Explanations
22Questions for Discussion:
10Questions for Discussion:
23X. Battling Onwards
11IV. Conformal Geometry
24Questions for Discussion:
12Questions for Discussion:
25Continuing the Conversation
13V. CCC: The Basic Idea
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