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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Main Author: Valerio Marra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Society of Philosophy and Cosmology 2017-09-01
Series:Философия и космология
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Online Access:http://ispcjournal.org/journals/2017-19/Marra_19.pdf
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-dd22a08188e3472292023acb33cf75182022-12-21T22:08:30ZengInternational 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
spellingShingle Valerio Marra
Understanding Our Only Universe
Философия и космология
cosmology
standard model
dark energy
universe expansion
observable universe
title Understanding Our Only Universe
title_full Understanding Our Only Universe
title_fullStr Understanding Our Only Universe
title_full_unstemmed Understanding Our Only Universe
title_short Understanding Our Only Universe
title_sort understanding our only universe
topic cosmology
standard model
dark energy
universe expansion
observable universe
url http://ispcjournal.org/journals/2017-19/Marra_19.pdf
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