Old and New Questions in Physics, Cosmology, Philosophy, and Theoretical Biology: Essays in Honor of Wolfgang Yourgrau

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
On the Connections between Pico- and Mega-Cosmos....Pages 37-51
The Zitterbewegung and the Einstein A Coefficient of Spontaneous Emission....Pages 53-58
Supersymmetry Groups....Pages 59-66
Relativistic Phase Space Arising out of the Dirac Algebra....Pages 67-76
Why Mourn the Passing of Determinacy?....Pages 77-82
On the True Ideas Underlying Wave Mechanics....Pages 83-86
CPT Invariance as Basic for Interpreting Quantum Mechanics....Pages 87-107
The Hilbert Space Axiom in Quantum Mechanics....Pages 109-127
The Cyclotron-Soliton Model of Terrestrial Kilometric Radiation....Pages 129-132
Clumpy Irregular Galaxies....Pages 133-144
The Aporias of Cosmology and the Attempts at Overcoming Them by Nonstandard Models....Pages 145-167
On Relativistic Quantum Theory....Pages 169-188
Vacuum Tunneling in Static Space-Times....Pages 189-211
On the Extensions of General Relativity....Pages 213-221
Status and Perspectives of Cosmology....Pages 223-242
The Connection between the Objective Description of Macrosystems and Quantum Mechanics of “Many Particles”....Pages 243-263
The Current Theory of Strong Interactions and the Problem of Quark Confinement....Pages 265-274
Statistical Inference by Minimal Bures Distance....Pages 275-287
The Knots of Quantum Thermodynamics....Pages 289-308
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
About the Facts of Cosmological Significance....Pages 309-323
Stochastic Interpretation of Relativistic Quantum Equations....Pages 325-344
New Quantum Mechanics....Pages 345-361
On Nonlinear Classsical Dirac Fields and Quantum Physics....Pages 363-376
Elementary Particles as Microuniverses....Pages 377-396
Precision Mathematics and Approximation Mathematics in Physics....Pages 397-409
Electroweak Interaction in Polarized Electron-Positron and Electron-Electron Scattering....Pages 411-420
Infinity and the Natural World....Pages 421-432
Induced Superfluorescence and the Nature of the Wave-Particle Duality....Pages 433-436
Breakdown of Predictability: An Investigation into the Nature of Singularities....Pages 437-449
Wave Functions in One-Dimensional Disordered Systems with Long-Range Hopping....Pages 451-456
Perception of Quantum Systems....Pages 457-467
Stochastic Electrodynamics an Overview....Pages 469-493
On the Increase of Entropy in the Carleman Model II....Pages 495-501
The Klein Paradox Revisited....Pages 503-515
Einstein Nonlocality, Space-Time Structure, and Thermodynamics....Pages 517-521
Front Matter....Pages 523-523
Biology and Physics: Reflections on Reductionism....Pages 525-534
The Age of Analysis Reassessed....Pages 535-548
Transphyletic Animal Similarities and Predictive Toxicology....Pages 549-591
The Wronging of Wright....Pages 593-605
Front Matter....Pages 523-523
On the Historical Development of the Indistinguishability Concept for Microparticles....Pages 607-623
Philosophical Semantics....Pages 625-645
Social Exemplifications of Physical Principles....Pages 647-658
Seneca’s Ethics Viewed from a Modern Standpoint....Pages 659-669
Physics and Philosophy....Pages 671-682
Einstein, Spinoza, and God....Pages 683-687
The Satellites of Jupiter, from Galileo to Bradley....Pages 689-717
Emergent Properties....Pages 719-732
The Theory of Relativity and Our World View....Pages 733-752
Science Beyond Science....Pages 753-763
God as a Cosmic Guest-Worker....Pages 765-768
A Model of Reality as Mind....Pages 769-788
A Matter of Chance....Pages 789-803
On the Nature and Origin of Life....Pages 805-808
Science, History, Philosophy, and World Views....Pages 809-845
Queries about Inquiries....Pages 847-872
The Nature of the Physical World....Pages 873-883
Early Attempts at a Unitary Understanding of Nature....Pages 885-907
Back Matter....Pages 909-920