Tipler, Frank J.
Physics of Immortality: modern cosmology, God, and the resurrection of the dead The Physics of Immortality Frank J. Tipler. - New York Anchor Books 1995. - xxi, 527p.
Contents:
Introduction
The ultimate limits of space travel
Progress against the eternal return and the heat death
Physics near the final state : the classical omega point theory
Determinism in classical general relativity and in quantum mechanics
The quantum version of the omega point theory
How free will can arise from quantum cosmological mechanisms
The omega point and the physical universe necessarily exist
The physics of resurrection of the dead to eternal life
What happens after the resurrection : heaven, hell, and purgatory
Comparison of the heaven predicted by modern physics with the afterlife hoped for by the great world religions
The omega point theory and Christianity
Conclusion : theology as a branch of physics
Is there a higher power in the universe? What happens to us when we die? Leading physicist Frank J. Tipler tackles these questions and more in an astonishing and profoundly important book that scientifically proves the existence of God and the physical resurrection of the dead.
0385467990
95009881
Cosmology.
Physics--Religious aspects.
Omega point.
Eschatology.
God--Proof, Cosmological.
215. Tip 8
Physics of Immortality: modern cosmology, God, and the resurrection of the dead The Physics of Immortality Frank J. Tipler. - New York Anchor Books 1995. - xxi, 527p.
Contents:
Introduction
The ultimate limits of space travel
Progress against the eternal return and the heat death
Physics near the final state : the classical omega point theory
Determinism in classical general relativity and in quantum mechanics
The quantum version of the omega point theory
How free will can arise from quantum cosmological mechanisms
The omega point and the physical universe necessarily exist
The physics of resurrection of the dead to eternal life
What happens after the resurrection : heaven, hell, and purgatory
Comparison of the heaven predicted by modern physics with the afterlife hoped for by the great world religions
The omega point theory and Christianity
Conclusion : theology as a branch of physics
Is there a higher power in the universe? What happens to us when we die? Leading physicist Frank J. Tipler tackles these questions and more in an astonishing and profoundly important book that scientifically proves the existence of God and the physical resurrection of the dead.
0385467990
95009881
Cosmology.
Physics--Religious aspects.
Omega point.
Eschatology.
God--Proof, Cosmological.
215. Tip 8