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The Cyclical Serpent

Prospects for an Ever-Repeating Universe

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Paul Halpern
      Pages 1-8
  3. The Tradition of Cycles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
    2. The Endless Dance of Shiva

      • Paul Halpern
      Pages 11-43
    3. Eternal Return

      • Paul Halpern
      Pages 45-71
  4. The Modern View of the Cosmos

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
    2. The Expanding Heavens

      • Paul Halpern
      Pages 75-103
    3. Full of Sound and Fury

      • Paul Halpern
      Pages 105-132
  5. The Quest for Our Universal Destiny

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
    2. Mapping Our Fate

      • Paul Halpern
      Pages 135-155
    3. The Shape of Creation

      • Paul Halpern
      Pages 157-176
    4. Galactic Speeding Tickets

      • Paul Halpern
      Pages 177-197
    5. The Search for Missing Matter

      • Paul Halpern
      Pages 199-218
  6. Unraveling the Cyclical Serpent

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
    2. Reverse Performance

      • Paul Halpern
      Pages 221-246
    3. After the Crunch

      • Paul Halpern
      Pages 247-266
    4. Other Cosmos

      • Paul Halpern
      Pages 267-278
  7. Epilogue

    1. Epilogue

      • Paul Halpern
      Pages 279-280
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 281-300

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Cyclical Serpent

  • Book Subtitle: Prospects for an Ever-Repeating Universe

  • Authors: Paul Halpern

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6036-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Paul Halpern 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44923-9Published: 01 January 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6036-8Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 300

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

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