The Perfect Theory (52 page)

Hoyle promotes,
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Milne on,
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Rees and,
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Ryle attacks,
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Sciama and,
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Steinhardt, Paul: and cosmological constant,
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Stern, Otto,
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string theory: and “Big Bang” theory,
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Calabi-Yau geometry and,
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Candelas and,
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cosmological constant in,
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and covariant approach to spacetime,
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DeWitt on,
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Duff on,
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Feynman on,
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Friedan on,
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Gell-Mann and,
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general relativity and,
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Glashow on,
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gravitons in,
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Green and,
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Hawking on,
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Horowitz and,
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hostility toward,
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M-theory of,
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multiverse model in,
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principles and flaws of,
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and quantum gravity,
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Schwartz and,
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Smolin on,
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spacetime in,
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standard model and,
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Strominger and,
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superstrings,
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Vafa and,
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Witten and,
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Strominger, Andrew: and string theory,
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strong force: in unified theory,
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Sunyaev, Rashid,
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Supernova Cosmology Project (SCP): and cosmological constant,
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supernovae,
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and cosmological constant,
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and gravity waves,
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supersymmetry: Hawking and,
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Taylor, Joseph, Jr.,
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and neutron stars,
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Teller, Edward,
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tensor-vector-scalar theory of gravity (TeVeS): Bekenstein and,
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and general relativity,
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Texas Symposiums on Relativistic Astrophysics,
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and quasars,
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thermodynamics, second law of.
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Thompson, J. J.,
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Thorne, Kip,
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and black holes,
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and gravity waves,
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thought experiments: Bondi performs,
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Einstein performs,
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Wheeler performs,
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time travel: Gödel and,
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Tomonaga, Sin-Itiro: and quantum electrodynamics,
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Townes, Charles: wins Nobel Prize,
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Turner, Herbert,
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Turner, Michael: and cosmological constant,
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on cosmology,
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Tyson, Tony: on gravity waves,
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uncertainty principle: in quantum physics,
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unified theory: CERN and,
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Dirac and,
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Eddington and,
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Einstein's search for,
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electromagnetism in,
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electroweak force in,
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field equations in,
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gravity in,
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inflationary universe model in,
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quantum electrodynamics and,
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spacetime geometry in,
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strong force in,
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weak force in,
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United States: Atomic Energy Commission,
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Einstein emigrates to,
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Gödel emigrates to,
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
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universe: CDM model of,
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concordance model of,
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de Sitter on age of,
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distribution of energy and matter in,
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distribution of radio sources in,
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evolution of,
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expanding model of,
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inflation model of,
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origin theories of,
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proposed rotation of,
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University of Bern: Einstein as lecturer at,
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University of Zurich: Einstein as professor at,
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Uranus: orbit of,
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Vafa, Cumrun: and string theory,
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Volkoff, George,
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Von Neumann, John,
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Vulcan: as theoretical planet,
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weak force: gravity as,
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Weber, Joseph: background and personality of,
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Dyson and,
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experimental methodology questioned,
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and laser interferometry,
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searches for gravity waves,
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Weber bars: and search for gravity waves,
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Weinberg, Steven,
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and electroweak force,
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and general relativity,
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Gravitation and Cosmology,
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and standard model,
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Weiss, Rainer,
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Weyl, Hermann,
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and expanding universe model,
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Wheeler, John Archibald,
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background of,
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and black holes,
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and canonical approach to spacetime,
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creates “Wheelerisms,”
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and DeWitt,
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and Feynman,
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and general relativity,
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and Manhattan Project,
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and nuclear physics,
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performs thought experiments,
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personality of,
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political opinions,
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and quantum physics,
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and stellar evolution and decay,
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and wormholes,
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Wheeler, John Archibald, Charles Misner & Kip Thorne:
Gravitation,
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Wheeler-DeWitt equation,
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White, Simon: and cosmological constant,
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and galaxy formation,
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white dwarf stars,
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Whitehead, Alfred North & Bertrand Russell:
Principia Mathematica,
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Wilson, Robert: and “Big Bang” theory,
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wins Nobel Prize,
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Witten, Edward,
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and string theory,
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