and Maxwell’s Demon
and phenomenological thermodynamics
and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
and sliced spacetime
and the universe
and wormholes
closed timelike curves (CTCs)
and black holes
and Chronology Protection Conjecture
and circular-time universe
difficulties of
and Flatland
and “gate into yesterday” exercise
and paradoxes
and science fiction86
and wormholes
c oarse-graining
cognitive instability
coincidence problem
collapsing universe. See contracting universe
collision number hypothesis
comoving patch of space
and autonomous evolution of the universe
and bouncing-universe cosmology
and evolution of entropy
and inflationary cosmology
and maximizing entropy
and observable universe
and Planck length
compact notation
complexity
complex numbers
conceptions of time
Confessions (St. Augustine)
consciousness
conservation of energy
Contact (Sagan)
continuity108
contracting universe . See also Big Crunch; bouncing-universe cosmology
contraction of space
coordinate systems
Copenhagen interpretation n
Copernican Principle
cosmic microwave background radiation
and the Big Bang
and de Sitter space
discovery of
and the early universe
and fluctuations
and Hawking radiation
and the horizon problem
and inflationary cosmology
and reconstruction of the past
and relativity
cosmic no-hair theorem
cosmic strings
cosmological constant
cosmological horizon
“Cosmological Principle,”
cosmology. See also specific models
CPLEAR experiment
CPT Theorem
creationism
Crick, Francis
Cronin, James
culture of the sciences
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Fitzgerald)
Curtis, Heber
curvature of space
curvature of spacetime. See also general relativity
and black holes
and conservation of information
and de Sitter space
and expansion of the universe
and flat space
and Gott time machines
and inflationary cosmology
and multiverse model
and relativity
and tensors
and time before Big Bang
and time dilation
and time travel
and uncertainty principle
and wormholes
Cutler, Curt
cyclic universe. See also bouncing-universe cosmology, recurrence
dark energy
and acceleration of the universe
amount of
described
and entropy
and expansion of the universe
and inflationary cosmology
and size of universe
and special relativity
and supernovae
dark matter
dark super-energy
Darwin, Charles
Darwinian selection
dead stars
decoherence
definition of time
demarcation problem
Democritus
Deser, Stanley
de Sitter, Willem
de Sitter space
and baby universes model
and the current state of the universe
described
and entropy of multiverse
and eternal inflation
and event horizons
and irreversibility
and multiverse model
and thermal fluctuation
and true vacuum
and vacuum energy
determinism
and Buddhism
and chaotic dynamics
and closed timelike curves
and Laplace’s Demon
and laws of physics
and prediction
and the Schrödinger’s equation
DeWitt, Bryce
Dicke, Robert
dimensions
directionality. See arrow of time
disorder. See also entropy
distance
“Disturbing Implications of a Cosmological Constant” (Dyson, Kleban, and Susskind)
DNA
“Does the Inertia of a Body Depend upon Its Energy Content?” (Einstein)
“doomsday argument,”
Doppler effect
Doroshkevich, A. G.
double-slit experiment
down quarks
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
duration
Dyson, Lisa
early universe. See also Big Bang
and the arrow of time
and background radiation
and entropy
and inflationary cosmology
lumpiness of
and smoothness
Eddington, Arthur
efficiency
eigenstate
Einstein, Albert
and black holes
on Brownian motion
and the cosmological constant
and curvature of spacetime
and empiricism
and entropy
and the EPR paradox
and expansion of the universe
and general relativity
“miraculous year,”
and popular culture
and Principle of Equivalence
and quantum mechanics
relativity anecdote
and special relativity
and Steady State cosmology
and theory of relativity
and thought experiments
and time symmetry
and universality of Nature
Einstein’s Clocks, Poincaré’s Maps: Empires of Tim (Galison)
electric charge
electromagnetism
electrons
elementary particles
elementary physics
emergent phenomena
empiricism
empty space. See al de Sitter space, Minkowski space
energy. See also dark energy; vacuum energy
and atomic theory
and black holes
energy budget of Earth
usable energy
and virtual particles
engines
entanglement
entropy
addition of
and arrow of time
and baby universes model
and ball on hill analogy
and the Big Bang
and black holes
and the Boltzmann-Lucretius scenario
and bouncing-universe cosmology
and causality
and characteristics of time
and closed systems
and closed timelike curves
and comoving patch of space
and complexity
and dark energy
and decoherence
definitions of
and de Sitter space
and disorder
and the early universe
and empty space
and eternal entropy increase
and evolution of the universe
examples of
and expansion
and fluctu
ations around equilibrium
formula for
and free energy
and free will
and gas distribution
and Generalized Second Law
and gravity
and growth of structure
e and heat
and holographic principle
and inflationary cosmology
and information
and laws of physics
, and life
and logarithms
and lumpiness of the universe
and macrostates
maximization of
so and Maxwell’s Demon
and memory
and mixing
and modern cosmology
and multiverse model
and the Past Hypothesis
and Principle of Indifference
and probability
and the real world
and recurrence paradox
and religion
and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
and statistical mechanics
and Steady State cosmology
and string theory
and time symmetry/asymmetry
and usable energy
and vacuum energy
variations of
Von Neumann on
and white holes
“Entropy” (Pynchon)
Epicurus
EPR paradox
equations
equilibrium
and anthropic principle
and the biosphere
and Boltzmann brains
described
and entropy
and fate of the universe
and multiverse model
and recurrence theorem
and usable energy
equivalence principle
ergodic systems
escape velocity
eternal inflation
eternalism
Euclidean geometry
Euclidean quantum gravity
Euler’s constant
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
event horizons. See also black holes
area of
and closed timelike curves
and de Sitter space
and Hawking radiation
and inflationary cosmology
and information loss
and redshift
and singularities
and spacetime
and thermodynamics
and white holes
events. See also event horizons
Everett, Hugh
evolution through time
and complexity
and entropy
and life
and patterns
and space of states
and time reversal
expansion of spacetime. See also inflationary cosmology
acceleration of
and the Big Bang
and bouncing-universe cosmology
and conservation of information
discovery of
and the early universe
and empty space
and growth of structure
and the Hubble constant
as local phenomenon
and multiverse model
and Principle of Indifference
and recurrence theorem
and size of the universe
and smoothness of early universe
and space of states
and uniformity
and vacuum energy
exponentials
false vacuum
and baby universes model
and bubbles of true vacuum
described
and de Sitter space
and eternal inflation
and multiverse model
and potential energy
falsifiability
Farhi, Edward
The Fermata (Baker)
fermions
Feynman, Richard
Field, George
First Law of Thermodynamics
Fischer, Willy
Fitch, Val
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
FitzGerald, George
Flatland (Abbott)
flatland thought experiment
flatness problem
flexibility of time. See also curvature of spacetime
and black holes
and curved space
and general relativity
and spaceship thought experiment
and white holes
fluctuation theorem
“For Mr. Death Who Stands with His Door Open” (Sexton)
Foster, Jodie
free energy
freefall
free will
and cause and effect
and Chronology Protection Conjecture
and clinamen
and closed timelike curves
and directionality of time
and entropy
and possibilism
French Revolution
Freud, Sigmund
friction
“Full Non-indexical Conditioning,”
f undamental-irreversibility hypothesis
fundamental physics
Future Hypothesis
galaxies
Galileo Galilei
Galison, Peter
Gamow, George
gas distribution
and coarse-graining
and disorder
and entropy
and fluctuations around equilibrium
and free energy
and Maxwell’s Demon
and momentum
and Past Hypothesis
and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
and space of states
and time reversal
and uniform distribution
“gate into yesterday” thought experiment
The Gay Science (Nietzsche)
Generalized Second Law
general relativity
and the Big Bang
and black holes
and Boltzmann-Lucretius scenario
and closed timelike curves
and conservation of energy
and curvature of space
and curvature of spacetime
and empty space
and energy of matter
and entropy
and expansion of the universe
and flatland thought experiment
and Gott time machines
and gravity
and initial conditions of the universe
and maximizing entropy
and quantum mechanics
and recurrence theorem
and state of physical systems
and time before Big Bang
and white holes
and wormholes
genetics
Geroch, Robert
Gibbs, Josiah Willard
Global Postioning System (GPS)
Gödel, Kurt
Gold, Thomas
Gold cosmology
Gold universe
googol
Gott, Richard
Grand Unified Theories (GUTs)
Gratton, Steven
gravity. See also general relativity, quantum gravity
and background radiation
and black holes
and classical mechanics
and curvature of spacetime
and the early universe
and empty space
and entropy of the universe
and expansion of the universe
and general relativity
and Gott time machines
and gravitational instability
and holographic principle
and inflationary cosmology
and lumpiness of the universe
and Maldacena correspondence
and negative energy
and relativity
and science fiction
and scientific meth
od
and singularities
and string theory
and structure/order
supergravity
and time before Big Bang
and uncertainty principle
universality of
and vacuum energy
Greek culture
Groundhog Day (1993)
Guth, Alan
and baby universes hypothesis
background
and inflationary universe hypothesis
and magnetic monopoles
and multiverse hypothesis
Guven, Jemal
Hartle, James
Hawking, Stephen
and arrow of time reversibility
and black holes
and Chronology Protection Conjecture
and evaporation of black holes
and field theory
and information conservation
and lumpiness of the universe
and particle accelerators
and quantum wave functions
and singularities
and time travel
and wager
Hawking radiation
and baby universes model
and black hole evaporation
described
and de Sitter space
and information loss
and irreversibility
and maximizing entropy
and quantum field theory
and uncertainty principle
and white holes
heat
Heinlein, Robert A
Heisenberg, Werner
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
heliocentric model
helium
Helmholtz, Hermann von
Heraclitus
Herman, Robert
Higgs field
Hilbert space
Holly, Lauren
holographic principle
homogeneity of the universe
horizon problem
Hoyle, Fred
H-Theorem
Hubble, Edwin
Hubble constant
Hubble length
Hubble’s Law
Humason, Milton
Ibn Sina. See Avicenna
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler (Calvino)
inertia
inflationary cosmology
and baby universes
and bouncing universe
and comoving patch of space
and conventional cosmology
and curvature of space
and dark energy
discovery of
and eternal inflation
and the horizon problem
and initial conditions
and lumpiness of the universe
and multiverse hypothesis
and “open inflation,”
and Planck time
speculative nature of
and true and false vacua
usefulness of
information loss and conservation
and arrow of time
and black holes
and checkerboard world exercise
and comoving patch of space
and curvature of spacetime
and definition of life
and energy of information
and entropy
and expansion of spacetime
and free energy
and irreversibility
and lumpiness of the universe
and Maxwell’s Demon
physicality of
and quantum field theory
and quantum gravity
and Schrödinger equation
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