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Abrams, Nancy Ellen, 107–108, 111
adaptive mesh refinement (AMR), 183
American mythology, 122–123
antiquarks, 175
background radiation, cosmic, 71, 72, 75, 127, 138, 168–169, 172, 176, 185–186, 208n2, 226–227
Berry, R. Stephen, 108
Berry, Thomas, 199–200
Big Bang, 16, 40, 51, 53–56, 60, 69, 71, 75, 77, 90–93, 125–127, 131, 136, 138–140, 150, 158, 168–169, 175, 179, 185, 188, 201
Big Crunch, 188
black holes, 20, 176, 179, 182–183, 189
Bolshoi simulation, 61, 63, 180
Bradley, James, 186
California Energy Commission, 197
Campbell, Joseph, 120
carbon dioxide emissions, 88, 90, 102, 103, 104, 105, 108, 111, 148
Carina Nebula, 2–3
Cartesian dualism, 194–195
Chandra X-Ray Observatory, 208n2
Chu, Steve, 197
climate change, 105, 106, 107–108, 150, 161
Cold Dark Matter theory, 168
Cooper, Ann Nixon, 101–102
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 12, 144, 186
Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite, 168, 186
Cosmic Density Pyramid, 48, 49, 50, 64–65, 151
cosmic inflation, 91–93, 95–96, 125, 131, 138, 175–176, 178, 189, 192–193, 198, 205. See also eternal inflation
cosmic society: defined, xxi, 38
need for, 143
politics in, 111
preconditions for, 77–78, 98, 106, 117–118, 150–153
Cosmic Spheres of Time, 73, 74, 75–76, 140
Cosmic Uroboros, 30, 31–36, 48, 92, 120, 125, 141, 161, 190–191
cosmic web, 58
cosmological constant, 173, 187
cosmological science, domain of, 29, 117–118
cosmology: ancient Egyptian, 7, 8–9, 51, 93, 124, 136, 151, 159
ancient Greek, 10
ancient Hebrew, 9
defined, 1
and morality, 196
Old Norse, 34
scientific, xvi–xvii, 120–122, 139–142, 151–152, 167–169
creationism, 149
Cubic Space Division (Escher), 12, 13
Cymbeline (Shakespeare), 10
dark energy: amount and distribution of, 40, 48, 51, 52, 56, 127–128
and cosmic evolution, 50, 56–57, 150, 157, 170
as cosmological constant, 173, 186–187
and eternal inflation, 136
evidence for, 17
and evolution of galaxies, 6
properties and behavior of, 6, 50–51
dark matter: amount and distribution of, xv, 40, 48, 51, 52, 56, 127, 171, 178
and cosmic evolution, 6, 50–51, 56, 58–62, 91, 93, 126–128, 150, 174, 179
evidence for, 16
halos, 50–51, 58, 61–62, 64, 69, 71, 127–128, 176, 178–179, 181, 181, 231
nature of, 168, 170–171, 174, 190
particles of, 31, 64, 126, 169, 171–172, 191
properties and behavior of, 48, 50, 62, 182
Double Dark theory, 4, 6, 16–17, 20, 51, 53–55, 131, 169, 172, 174–175, 192
Dream of the Earth, The (Berry), 200
Dubos, René, 153
Dune (Herbert), 85
Earth: changing the orbit of, 85–86, 209n3
cosmic exceptionalism of, 39, 97, 145–147, 150, 162
natural resources, 88, 89, 107. See also climate change
economics, 29, 96, 108, 148–150, 196–198
Einstein, Albert, 48, 168, 170, 173, 187, 191, 202
electromagnetism, 32
electrons, 126, 169, 171, 175, 177, 190
elements: most common, 185
Eliade, Mircea, 199–200
elliptical galaxies, 19–20, 69, 82
environmental challenges, 97, 101, 148–149
eternal inflation, 134, 136–138, 140, 189, 204–205
European Space Agency, 147, 186, 208n2
Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope, 172
flat earth cosmos, 8–10
Ford, Gerald, 202
Ford Foundation, 202–203
fossil fuels, 108, 148–149, 170
Friedmann, Alexander, 168
galaxies: chains of, 19, 22, 91, 225
collision or merger of, 57, 82, 83, 179, 182, 184
distance of, 187–188
distant, visibility of, 81–82, 84, 116, 157
distribution of, 178
formation of, 16, 60–62, 69, 71, 73, 179, 182–183
speed of, 186–187
superclusters of, 17, 19, 31, 35, 50, 75, 91, 126, 178, 192
Galilei, Galileo, 10, 12, 32, 144
Gamow, George, 168
Geb (Egyptian god), 8
General Relativity, 29, 168, 173, 176, 187–188, 202
geological science, 80
gluinos, 171
Gore, Al, 105
Gould, Stephen Jay, 26
Grand Unified Theory (GUT), 31, 225
and dark matter, 182
effects at different scales, 32, 35, 190
versus expansion, 127–128, 179
fundamental nature of, 188, 190
and galaxy clusters, 17, 56–57, 82, 127
and general relativity, 168, 189
and inertial reference frames, 187
greenhouse gases. See carbon dioxide emissions
habitable zone, galactic, 146
Hawking, Stephen, 176
Hawking radiation, 176
Herbert, Frank, 85
Herschel, William, 15
Herschel Space Telescope, 147, 209n2
Hubble’s Law, 186–187
Hubble Space Telescope, 51, 53, 208n2, 224–225
Hubble Ultra Deep Field, 5, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71
human inflationary growth, 86, 87, 88, 90, 94–97, 99, 117, 192–193. See also sustainable civilization
human interactions, dynamics of, 36–37, 205
infinity, 80
Inner Reaches of Outer Space, The
(Campbell), 120
intelligent life: as consciousness of the universe, 99–100, 164
size constraints on, 33
spread of, 150–152
survival of, 151–152
intergenerational responsibility, 99–101
International Panel on Climate Change, 102, 105
Jonsson, Patrik, 183
Keck Observatory, 53
Kepler’s supernova, 44
Lambda CDM. See Double Dark theory
Large Hadron Collider, 171
Late Heavy Bombardment, 147
Lawrence, D. H., 80
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 197
Lemaitre, George, 168
light, speed of, 17
lightest superpartner particle (LSP), 171–172
Local Group of galaxies, 17, 51, 56–57, 82
Local Supercluster of galaxies, 17, 18, 19, 56–57, 82
Mead, Margaret, 152
metaphysics, 131
M51 (galaxy), 24
Milky Andromeda galaxy, 82, 83, 151, 157
Milky Way galaxy, 14–15, 17, 19, 22, 56, 69, 151, 182, 193
moon, 146
myth, modern need for, 199–200
nebulae, defined, 15
neutrinos, 126, 172–173, 208n2
neutron stars, 183
Nice model, 146–147
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 36
Nut (Egyptian goddess), 8, 159
Obama, Barack, 101
Obama, Malia, 101
Obama, Sasha, 101
Office of Technology Assessment, 107–108
origin stories, xvi–xvii, 120–125, 139
origin story, scientific, 145, 150, 164–165. See also cosmic society
Penzias, Arno, 168
periodic table of elements, 41, 42
photinos, 171
physics, in other universes, 189
Planck length, 29, 32, 190–191, 225
planets, extrasolar, 145
Plato, 194
Pleiades (supercomputer), 180
politics: and energy policy, 109–111
and scientific cosmology, xxi, 29, 37, 80–81, 94, 101, 105, 162, 199
and sustainability, 121, 149, 197. See also Scientific Mediation;
space-based missile defense systems population growth. See human inflationary growth
Primack, Joel R., 111, 180–181
protons, 32, 126, 169, 190, 225
Pyramid of All Visible Matter, 40–41, 43, 48
Quantum Field theory, 173, 176
quantum nonlocality, 194
quarks, 126, 169, 171, 175, 177
quasar, 182
radiocarbon dating, 80
Reagan, Ronald, 115
red giants, 183
Rees, Martin, 144
religion, progressive, 205–206
Republic, The (Plato), 194
resources, human consumption of, 88–89, 197–198
revolutions, cosmological, 143–144
Sagdeev, Roald, 111
Sakharov, Andrei, 212n8
satellites, man- made, 111–113, 115
Saturn, 4
Science Advisory Committee, 202
Scientific Mediation, 109–110, 116, 202–204
selectrons, 171
semi-analytic models (SAMs), 181, 184
Shu (Egyptian god), 8
simulations: in astronomy, 184
cosmological, 179–180
of galaxies, 182–184
size scales, 27, 29, 31–38, 81, 139, 161, 193–194, 195
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS): 71, 72, 73, 172
smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH), 183
solar system, 12, 17, 18, 31, 56, 75, 77, 80–81, 84, 128, 145–147
Soviet Space Research Institute, 111
space, protection of, 115–116
space- based missile defense systems, 111, 115–116
space debris, around Earth, 111–113, 114, 115
space environment, 115
Special Relativity, 185
spirituality, and science, 36, 142
spiritual- physical dualism, 12, 14
Spitzer Space Telescope, 147, 230
squarks, 171
Standard Model, 170–171, 177, 190
Stanford University, 181
Star Wars (missile defense system), 111, 115
Star Wars (film), 112
Steady State theory, 16
Steigman, Gary, 172
stellar aberration, 186
Stern, Nicholas, 210n3
string theory, 191–192
elemental composition of, 185
flare ups, 113
habitable zone, 146
heating up, 84–85
luminosity of, 84, 146
Sunrise (computer program), 183
supernovas, 39, 43, 44, 170, 182–183
superstring theory, 190–191
sustainable civilization, 92–94, 96–97, 100, 145, 196–197. See also intergenerational responsibility
Swedish Ministry of Industry, 110
Swedish Royal Energy Commission, 109
Swimme, Brian, 200
tame space, 57–61
Terry, Dwight, 206
time, cosmological, 162–163
time scales, cosmic, 67, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75–78, 80–82, 84–85, 100–101. See also galaxies: formation of
time scales, geologic, 80
Turner, Mike, 172
universe, expansion of, 16, 35, 50–51, 53, 55–60, 81, 126–128, 168, 170,
universe, expansion of (continued) 186, 188. See also Big Bang; cosmic inflation
Universe Story, The (Swimme), 200
Uroboros thinking, law of, 36–37
Virgo Cluster of galaxies, 19–20, 23, 25
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), 172, 191
Wechsler, Risa, 181
Wells, H. G., 149
Whirlpool galaxy, 24
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite, 186
Wilson, Robert, 168
Winos, 171
wrinkles, space- time, 60, 93–94, 125–126
XMM Newton X-ray telescope, 208n2
Zel’dovich, Jacob, 177–178
Zel’dovich fluctuation spectrum, 178
Zen, 97
Zino, 171