The Role and Risks of Assumptions in Physical Science Modelling
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The Role and Risks of Assumptions in Physical Science Modelling

  1. 250 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Role and Risks of Assumptions in Physical Science Modelling

About this book

This book questions the extent to which some physical scientists may have unintentionally misused the English language to varying degrees, in arriving at theories that are presented to the world as being statements of fact about the universe. The book focuses primarily on large- and small-scale extremes i.e. cosmological theories and quantum theories. It deals with the core concepts of 'time' and 'space' as they are presented in the theories under consideration. As a demonstration of the sensitivity of the outcome of physical modelling to the assumptions made, the book presents an alternative cosmological model based on some altered physical assumptions that see the much-vaunted inconsistency between General Relativity and Quantum Field Theory, disappear.

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Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781035827688
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. The Role and Risks of Assumptions in Physical Science Modelling
  2. About the Author
  3. Dedication
  4. Copyright Information ©
  5. Acknowledgement
  6. Introduction
  7. Part A
  8. Chapter 1 An Outline of the General Principles
  9. Chapter 2 The Different Forms That Assumptions Take
  10. Chapter 3 Assumptions Embedded in the Language Used
  11. Chapter 4 Confusions and Ambiguities Arising from the Assumed Meaning of Words
  12. Chapter 5 The Nature of Mathematics Compared to Physics and the Non-Reality of Mathematic Concepts
  13. Chapter 6 Physical Modelling
  14. Chapter 7 The Debate Concerning the Duty of Scientist to Communicate in the Common Language
  15. Part B
  16. Chapter 8 Examples of Assumptions in Models with Emergent Time and Space
  17. Chapter 9 Loop Quantum Gravity
  18. Chapter 10 The Use of Unstated Assumptions
  19. Part C
  20. Chapter 11 The Block Model of the Universe in Which Space and Time Are Said to Be Mere Illusions
  21. Chapter 12 The Friedman Lemaire Robertson Walker (FLRW) Cosmological Model
  22. Chapter 13 The Hubble Age of the Universe
  23. Chapter 14 The Lambda Cold Dark Matter Model (ΛCDM)
  24. Part D
  25. Chapter 15 An Example of How Altered Assumptions Can Produce a Different Model of the Big Bang
  26. Bibliography
  27. End Notes

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