Everything Coming Out of Nothing vs. A Finite, Open and Contingent Universe

Author(s): Manuel M. Carreira S.J.

DOI: 10.2174/978160805460211201010097

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Why is the Universe the Way it is?

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

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Every thinking person seeks answers to the question: Why is the Universe the way it is? Einstein asked himself: Did God have any freedom in choosing the initial parameters when creating? The “Anthropic Principle” presents Man as the conditioning factor to explain why the universe is the way it is. Change, design, contingency, creation and finality in connection with the question: Why the Universe is the way it is?

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Anthropic principle, Large Numbers Hypothesis, Chance, design, contingency, creation, finality.

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