Understanding Our Only Universe
In an imaginary dialogue between a professor and a layman about the future of cosmology, the said professor relates the paradoxical story of scientist Zee Prime, a bold thinker of a future civilization, stuck in a lonely galaxy, forever unaware of the larger universe. Zee Prime comes to acknowledge...
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doaj-dd22a08188e3472292023acb33cf75182021-08-02T08:29:18ZengInternational Society of Philosophy and CosmologyФилософия и космология2307-37052518-18662017-09-01195054Understanding Our Only UniverseValerio Marra0Federal University of Espirito SantoIn an imaginary dialogue between a professor and a layman about the future of cosmology, the said professor relates the paradoxical story of scientist Zee Prime, a bold thinker of a future civilization, stuck in a lonely galaxy, forever unaware of the larger universe. Zee Prime comes to acknowledge his position and shows how important it is to question standard models and status quo, as only the most imaginative ideas give us the chance to understand what he calls “our only universe” — the special place and time in which we live.http://ispcjournal.org/journals/2017-19/Marra_19.pdfcosmologystandard modeldark energyuniverse expansionobservable universe |
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In an imaginary dialogue between a professor and a layman about the future of cosmology, the said professor relates the paradoxical story of scientist Zee Prime, a bold thinker of a future civilization, stuck in a lonely galaxy, forever unaware of the larger universe. Zee Prime comes to acknowledge his position and shows how important it is to question standard models and status quo, as only the most imaginative ideas give us the chance to understand what he calls “our only universe” — the special place and time in which we live. |
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