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Tables of Contents for Between Inner Space and Outer Space
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PART 1 The popularisation of science
1
14
As well as science what do you know?
3
3
In the world's image
6
5
Falling between two cultures
11
4
PART 2 Life in the Universe
15
40
Anthropic principles in cosmology
19
12
Sizing up the Universe
31
11
Are there any laws of physics?
42
5
Long-distance calls
47
3
The truth is in the choosing
50
5
PART 3 Theories of everything---even gravity
55
28
Theories of everything
57
9
Limits of science
66
10
Of the utmost gravity
76
2
Getting it together
78
5
PART 4 Mathematics
83
26
Why is the Universe mathematical?
85
14
It's all Platonic pi in the sky
99
3
Counter culture
102
4
Rational vote doomed
106
3
PART 5 Simplicity and complexity
109
30
Complexity
111
3
Where the wild things are
114
3
Patterns emerging from a complex world
117
3
Chance and determinism
120
6
Outlook moderate to fair; winds, changeable
126
2
Why is the world comprehensible?
128
11
PART 6 Aesthetics
139
18
Survival of the artiest
142
5
Musical cheers and the beautiful noise
147
5
Stars in their ancient eyes
152
5
PART 7 Time
157
26
Cosmological time
161
15
Universe began in no time at all
176
3
Arrows and some banana skins
179
4
PART 8 Quantum reality
183
24
In the best of all possible worlds
187
6
Great Dane
193
6
Complementary concepts
199
3
Much ado about nothing
202
5
PART 9: Religion and science
207
20
Doubting castles in the air
211
5
Immortal, invisible ... not really there?
216
3
Accepting Pascal's wager
219
3
Getting something from nothing
222
5
PART 10: Cosmology
227
42
An explosion into time and space
231
6
What COBE saw
237
4
Is the Universe open or closed?
241
7
The origin of the Universe
248
12
Battle of the giants
260
3
They came from inner space
263
6
Index
269