The physics of immortality : modern cosmology, God, and the resurrection of the dead / Frank J. Tipler.
By: Tipler, Frank J
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Doubleday, 1994Edition: First editionDescription: xxi, 527 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0385467982Subject(s): Cosmology | Physics -- Religious aspects | Omega Point | Eschatology | God -- Proof, CosmologicalDDC classification: 215/.3 LOC classification: QB981 | .T57 1994Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.Local Note: Gift of Gayle White.Differentiable Local Note:Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The ultimate limits of space travel -- Progress against the eternal return and the heat death -- Physics near the final state: the classical Omega Point Theory -- Determinism in classical general relativity and in quantum mechanics -- The quantum version of the Omega Point Theory -- How free wil can arise from quantum cosmological mechanisms -- The Omega Point and the physical universe necessarily exist -- The physics of resurrection of the dead to enternal life -- What happens after the resurrection: heaven, hell, and purgatory --Comparison of the heaven predicted by modern physics with the afterlife hoped for by the great world religions -- The Omega Point Theory and Christianity -- Conclusion: Theology as a branch of physics.
The ultimate limits of space travel -- Progress against the eternal return and the heat death -- Physics near the final state: the classical Omega Point Theory -- Determinism in classical general relativity and in quantum mechanics -- The quantum version of the Omega Point Theory -- How free wil can arise from quantum cosmological mechanisms -- The Omega Point and the physical universe necessarily exist -- The physics of resurrection of the dead to enternal life -- What happens after the resurrection: heaven, hell, and purgatory --
Gift of Gayle White.