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Essays in Science and Philosophy [2004 - 2009]
Seven essays exploring and explicating various interrelated scientific and philosophic subject matter: such as temporality, gravity, relativity, epistemology, agnosticism, metaphysics, existentialism, consciousness, music, art, physics, and cosmology.
Any rigorous methodologies emerging within the analyses are met, driven, and balanced by healthy doses of skepticism and thought experiment.
The essays:
"Restructuring Time and Gravity Through Einstein's Relativity"
"Agnosticism: The Beauty of Gray"
"Metaphysical Expanses of Existential Potentiality"
"Harmony in Contrast"
"Singular Wave Hypothesis"
"Thinking Beyond Linear Time"
"Transcalar Hypothesis"
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Any rigorous methodologies emerging within the analyses are met, driven, and balanced by healthy doses of skepticism and thought experiment.
The essays:
"Restructuring Time and Gravity Through Einstein's Relativity"
"Agnosticism: The Beauty of Gray"
"Metaphysical Expanses of Existential Potentiality"
"Harmony in Contrast"
"Singular Wave Hypothesis"
"Thinking Beyond Linear Time"
"Transcalar Hypothesis"
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84 pages, Paperback
First published March 23, 2013
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About the author
Cliff Hays
8 books107 followersMusician and author from the USA, primarily influenced by mathematics, science, and philosophy. Has written two science fiction short stories
Dual Void
and
IHU
; one work of mathematics
Bivalent Logic
; two works of epistemology and philosophy of science
Aamrgan
and
On the Preservation of Enthusiasm
; as well as
Essays in Science and Philosophy [2004 - 2009]
(seven essays exploring and explicating various interrelated topics, such as: temporality, gravity, relativity, epistemology, agnosticism, metaphysics, existentialism, consciousness, music, art, physics, and cosmology).
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May 17, 2014
The books I remember best are the ones that follow me even after a put it down and walk away. This book falls into that category, not only because of all I learned from reading it but because of the interesting questions that it asks.
Cliff Hays combines his knowledge of the physical universe with philosophical speculation to create a sense of having stepped outside the time for a moment to contemplate the physical world from a thoughtful distance.
I actually jotted down a few notes for points that I wanted to remember and think more about later.
Though I never took a college survey course in physics, I was able to comprehend his remarkably clear explanation of E = mc squared and I came away with a new respect for light as “the only something that is actually two somethings,” a wave and a particle at once.
I also enjoyed the philosophical parts, particularly the essay on agnosticism in which he discusses his transition during his teenage years from belief to scientific skepticism. I had a similar experience when I was 15 and could relate. He asks an excellent question: “Would we have existed merely to be at the will at another?”
I am so glad I read this book and I strongly recommend it. Thanks to the author, not only for covering topics that matter but for asking the kinds of questions I am likely to continue asking myself for a long time to come.
Cliff Hays combines his knowledge of the physical universe with philosophical speculation to create a sense of having stepped outside the time for a moment to contemplate the physical world from a thoughtful distance.
I actually jotted down a few notes for points that I wanted to remember and think more about later.
Though I never took a college survey course in physics, I was able to comprehend his remarkably clear explanation of E = mc squared and I came away with a new respect for light as “the only something that is actually two somethings,” a wave and a particle at once.
I also enjoyed the philosophical parts, particularly the essay on agnosticism in which he discusses his transition during his teenage years from belief to scientific skepticism. I had a similar experience when I was 15 and could relate. He asks an excellent question: “Would we have existed merely to be at the will at another?”
I am so glad I read this book and I strongly recommend it. Thanks to the author, not only for covering topics that matter but for asking the kinds of questions I am likely to continue asking myself for a long time to come.
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