Kosmologi og universet

Philo of Alexandria fuses biblical interpretation and Greco-Roman cosmology in seemingly contradictory fashion: the physical world is sometimes God's enemy, but elsewhere his son and greatest work. Charles A. Anderson examines six key cosmological terms for Philo, including kosmos, physis (and natural law), and argues that his ambivalence is best understood perspectivally. The 'lower' perspective views the world positively, as a means of knowing and becoming like God, while the 'higher' perspective sees it negatively, as an obstacle to true communion with God. Philo is ultimately a cosmological pessimist and thus diverges surprisingly from the main lines of both Scripture and Platonism. This book will be of interest to students of ancient Judaism, ancient philosophy, biblical cosmology, and all who reflect on how Jewish-Christian sacred texts can influence contemporary environmental discourse.

Vi forlader universet. Let og elegant springer vi fra jorden og ud til kanten af det kendte univers; og videre ud. På vejen afslører vi 3 forkerte teorier om at alting slutter for enden af vores eget lille Big-Bang; og træder ind i uendeligheden. Og gennem en overbevisende og underholdende tekst, blandet med farvestrålende og sjove tegninger FORSTÅR vi virkelig uendeligheden. Og ikke mindst: uendelighedens ufattelige konsekvenser! Helt uden svære ord, indviklede sætninger eller ligninger.Derefter gennemgås "Babushka-Teorien", som er en kæmpe udfordring for fantasien. Og en både frustrerende, fantastisk og afslørende oplevelse for den logiske sans! Til sidst sluttes af med svaret på menneskehedens største spørgsmål: "Er vi alene i Universet?"

What about the future of the universe? And how long might the universe as we recognize it survive? This title takes the reader on a journey through space and time, beginning with a long look at the Earth and solar system, voyaging to the outermost galaxies, and finishing with speculations about the life and fate of the entire universe.