As we prod the cosmos at very large scales, basic tenets of physics
seem to crumble under the weight of contradicting evidence. This book
helps mitigate the crisis. It resorts to artificial intelligence (AI)
for answers and describes the outcome of this quest in terms of an
ur-universe, a quintessential compact multiply connected space that
incorporates a fifth dimension to encode space-time as a latent
manifold. In some ways, AI is bolder than humans because the huge
corpus of knowledge, starting with the prodigious Standard Model (SM)
of particle physics, poses almost no burden to its conjecture-framing
processes. Why not feed AI with the SM enriched by the troubling
cosmological phenomenology on dark matter and dark energy and see
where AI takes us vis-à-vis reconciling the conflicting data with the
laws of physics? This is precisely the intellectual adventure
described in this book and – to the best of our knowledge – in no
other book on the shelf. As the reader will discover, many AI
conjectures and validations ultimately make a lot of sense, even if
their boldness does not feel altogether "human" yet. This book is
written for a broad readership. Prerequisites are minimal, but a
background in college math/physics/computer science is desirable. This
book does not merely describe what is known about dark matter and dark
energy but also provides readers with intellectual tools to engage in
a quest for the deepest cosmological mystery.
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Reverse Engineering of the Big Bang
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ISBN
9781000925302
Publisert
2023
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Vendor
Chapman & Hall
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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