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Is there any connection between the vastness of the universes of stars and galaxies and the existence of life on a small planet out in the suburbs of the Milky Way? This book shows that there is. In their classic work, John Barrow and Frank Tipler examine the question of…
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1 author picked The Anthropic Cosmological Principle as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book because it is a science and philosophy education bound together between two covers.
The book is thick, and its title is intimidating, but once I started reading it, I became engrossed in the story it tells. The mystery of the fine-tuning of the cosmos is the same mystery encountered by thinkers throughout the ages.
In recent decades, this mystery has evolved into the anthropic principle, the notion that because we are participants in this finely tuned universe, the properties of the universe must, in some way, be geared to allow us to exist.
Last, I…
From Philip's list on the amazing fine-tuning of the universe.
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