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100			_aLayzer, David _9321844
245		0	_aCosmogenesis: The growth of order in the universe
260			_aNew York _bOxford University Press _c1990
300			_aix, 322 p. _bIncludes bibliographical reference and index
520			_aEminent Harvard astrophysicist David Layzer offers readers a unified theory of natural order and its origins, from the permanence, stability, and orderliness of sub-atomic particles to the evolution of the human mind. Cosmogenesis provides the first extended account of a controversial theory that connects quantum mechanics with the second law of thermodynamics, and presents novel resolutions of longstanding paradoxes in these theories, such as those of Schroedinger's cat and the arrow of time. Layzer's main concerns in the second half of the book are with the philosophical issues surrounding s
650			_aScience cosmology _9818504
650			_aScience Philosophy _915174
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