Index

Adams, Douglas

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 1, 2, 3, 4

Aerts, Sven 1

Agathon 1

AIT (Algorithmic Information Theory) 1, 2, 3, 4

Alpha Centauri 1

anthropic principle 1

antimatter 1

Apollo 1 spacecraft 2

Aristotle 1

Arnold, Luc 1, 2

atomic bomb 1

atomism 1, 2, 3

atoms

and act of observation 1, 2

double slit experiment 1, 2, 3

fine-structure constant 1

grainy nature of 1

multiple trajectories 1

as particles 1, 2, 3

and probability 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

and quantum computers 1

and quantum theory 1, 2

randomness 1

refreshed 1n

and shrinking Universe 1

structure of 1n

and universal constructors 1

as waves 1, 2

barber paradox 1

Barrow, John 1

Bennett, Charles 1

Berkeley, Bishop George 1

Big Bang

absence of singularity 1

before Big Bang 1

bouncing universe 1, 2

and colliding universes 1, 2, 3, 4

cooling following 1, 2, 3

and cosmic background radiation 1

and false vacuum 1

inflation 1, 2

and laws of physics 1

limitations of theory 1

‘location’ of 1n

of other universes 1

and quantum theory of gravity 1

and symmetry 1, 2

see also background radiation; inflation; singularity

Big Crunch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

binary code 1, 2, 3, 4

black holes 1n, 2

event horizon 1, 2

Hawking radiation 1

mathematical description 1

non-spinning 1

Schwarzschild solution 1

temperature 1n

Bletchley Park 1

Bohr, NiEls 1

Boothroyd, Arnold 1n

Borel, Émile 1

bosons 1

Bostrom, Nick 1

bouncing universe 1

branes

collision (cyclic universe) 1, 2

creation of mass 1

four-brane universe 1

vacuum causes collision of 1, 2

see also string theory

butterfly effect 1, 2

Calude, Cristian 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

carbon 1, 2

Casti, John 1

CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) 1

cellular automata 1, 2, 3

CERN (European Centre for Nuclear Research) 1, 2, 3n, 4

Large Hadron Collider 1

Chaitin, Gregory

on Calude 1

God as programmer 1

and Goldbach’s Conjecture 1

infinite complexity of mathematics 1

invents AIT 1, 2

on mathematical intuition 1

Omega number 1, 2, 3, 4

on origin of computers 1

on scientific theories 1, 2

on Wolfram 1, 2, 3

chaotic systems 1

Clarke, Arthur C.1n

2001: A Space Odyssey 1

‘The Nine Billion Names of God’ 1

Clinton, Bill 1

cloud chamber 1, 2

COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) satellite 1

Cocconi, Guiseppe 1

coherence 1, 2

Colossus computer 1

colour force 1n, 2

complexity

of artificial and natural objects 1

and evolution 1

and mathematics 1, 2, 3

non-carbon based 1

Principle of Computational

Equivalence 1, 2

pseudo complexity 1

and ‘rule 110’ 1

and simple inputs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

simulation of Universe 1

of Universe 1

Compton wavelength 1

computer programs

and complexity 1

computational universe 1

and generation of universes 1

halting problem 1, 2, 3

infinitely long 1

reality as computer simulation 1, 2

trade with extraterrestrial life 1

see also Mathematica; Omega number

computers

downloading mind into 1, 2

extraterrestrial 1, 2

limitations of 1

mimicking human consciousness 1

origins in pure mathematics 1

and SETI 1

as universal machines 1

work and energy difference 1

Copenhagen interpretation 1

Copernicus, Nicolaus 1

cosmic background radiation 1, 2n, 3

message encoded in 1

smoothness 1, 2

variations in temperature 1, 2, 3

coupling constant 1

Creationism 1

Crick, Francis 1

cyclic universe see branes

dark energy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

dark matter 1, 2

Darwin, Charles 1

Davies, Paul 1, 2

de Broglie, Louis 1

de Chardin, Pierre Teilhard 1n

decoherence 1, 2

Democritus 1

Dicke, Robert 1n

dimensions

and branes 1, 2

and complex numbers 1

and cyclic universe 1

fifteen 1n

four-dimensional objects 1, 2

four-dimensional space-time 1, 2

rolled-up 1

and string theory 1, 2

ten space-time dimensions 1, 2

vacuum in fifth dimension 1, 2

DNA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Dobson, Austin

‘The Flow of Time’ 1

double-slit experiment 1, 2, 3

Dyson, Freeman 1, 2, 3, 4

Earth

absence of extraterrestrial visits 1

absence of gravitational waves 1

anthropic principle 1

atmosphere 1

complexity of 1, 2

Copernican revolution 1

and cosmic background radiation 1

departure for the stars 1

its double 1

and extraterrestrial life 1

and GPS 1

and inertia 1, 2

and Many Worlds 1

perpetuation of life 1

planets similar to 1

and visible Universe 1

and warped space-time 1

weather 1

Einstein, Albert

on comprehensibility of Universe 1, 2

and Copenhagen interpretation 1

general theory of relativity

before Big Bang 1

and black holes 1n

compared with string theory 1

and energy 1, 2

equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass 1, 2

gravitational mass 1

gravity and constant acceleration 1

gravity lacks force 1

and gravitational waves 1

and inertia 1

and negative pressure 1

principle of equivalence 1n

and space network 1

symmetry 1, 2

and time 1

unification with quantum theory 1

and vacuum-inertia theory 1

warping of space-time 1, 2, 3, 4

God not a dice-player, 1n

and Noether 1

questions reality of Moon 1

reality as illusory 1

special theory of relativity

and inertial mass 1

mass as energy 1n, 2

mass-energy 1, 2

and quantum vacuum 1

scientific status of 1

space-time 1, 2

speed of light 1n

symmetry in 1

and time 1

speed of light 1

ekpyrotic universe 1

electrical charge 1, 2

electromagnetism 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

electromagnetic field 1, 2, 3, 4

electromagnetic radiation 1

electromagnetic waves 1

electrons

and cloud chambers 1

compared with nucleus 1n

and Compton wavelength 1

and computers 1

dual nature 1

electric charge 1

and electromagnetism 1

as force-carrier 1

mass-energy of 1, 2

and positrons 1

rest mass 1

size of 1

and string theory 1

Eliot, T.S. 1, 2

energy

of Big Bang 1

conservation of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6n

definitions 1

energy difference 1, 2, 3

and electromagnetism 1

and gravity 1, 2

and Higgs field 1

as mass 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

and symmetry 1

Enigma code 1

entropy 1

Epimenides 1

Euclidean geometry 1

Euler, Leonhard 1

event horizon 1, 2

Everett, Hugh 1, 2

evolution (biological)

and complexity 1

and extraterrestrial intelligence 1

implication for human beings 1

messages in DNA 1

mutations 1

and perception of time 1

robotic 1

and spurious actions 1

timescale 1

extraterrestrial life

behaviour of 1

broadcast Omega number to 1

building of universes 1

as computer programs 1

contact with 1

definition of 1

Earth unvisited by 1

experience of time 1

giant structures 1

leaving messages 1

in Milky Way 1, 2, 3, 4

non-carbon based 1

use of light flashes 1

use of radio and optical bands 1

see also SETI

false vacuum 1, 2

Fermat, Pierre de 1

Fermat’s Last Theorem 1

Fermi, Enrico 1, 2

Feynman, Richard 1, 2, 3

Fourier analysis 1

Fredkin, Ed 1

freewill 1

Frost, Robert 1

Fuller, Buckminster 1

Gaarder, Jostein

Sophie’s World 1

galaxies

colonising 1

and dark energy 1

distribution 1

expansion of 1

and gravity 1

and inertia 1

infinite number 1

as isolated islands 1

moving clusters around 1

and Omega Point 1

and open universe 1

origin of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

quasars 1

rotation 1

seeds of galactic clusters 1

and supernovae 1

and visibility of Creator’s message 1

Galileo Galilei 1n, 2, 3

gauge fields 1

gauge symmetry 1, 2

Gell-Mann, Murray 1, 2

general theory of relativity see

Einstein, Albert

gluons 1, 2

God

axiom or theorem 1

as dice player 1

minimal means of in Creation 1

as Omega Point 1

as programmer 1

Gödel, Kurt 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

incompleteness theorem 1, 2, 3

Goldbach, Christian 1

Goldbach’s Conjecture 1, 2

GPS (Global Positioning System) 1

gravitational waves 1

gravitons 1

gravity

and acceleration 1, 2

and black holes, 1, 2

in bouncing universe 1

and dark energy 1, 2

in early Universe 1

and expansion of Universe 1, 2, 3

and galaxy formation 1, 2

generation of 1

as glue 1

and inertia 1, 2

and mass 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

and pressure 1

and quantum theory 1, 2n

repulsive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

restores symmetry 1

slowing of time 1

symmetry of 1

as warped space-time 1, 2, 3

see also Einstein, Albert, general theory of relativity

Gross, David 1n

GUTs (Grand unified theories) 1

Haisch, Bernard 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

halting problem 1, 2, 3

Harrison, Edward 1, 2

Hartle, James 1, 2, 3

Hartley, L. P.

The Go-Between 1

Hawking, Stephen 1, 2, 3, 4n, 5, 6, 7

Hawking radiation 1

heat

absolute zero 1n

before Big Bang 1

and Big Bang 1, 2

and bouncing universes 1

of cosmic background radiation 1, 2, 3

of early Universe 1

energy difference 1, 2, 3

heat death of Universe 1, 2

and phase changes 1

Heisenberg, Werner

uncertainty principle 1n, 2, 3

Higgs, Peter 1, 2

Higgs field 1, 2, 3, 4

Higgs mechanism 1, 2

Higgs particle 1

Hilbert, David 1, 2

Hiroshima 1

Hsu, Stephen 1, 2, 3, 4

hydrogen 1, 2, 3

hydrogen bomb 1

IGUS (information gathering and

utilising system) see robots

inertia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

infinity

and branes 1, 2

complexity in mathematical uni verse 1

energy in closed universe 1

parallel realities 1, 2, 3

and singularity 1

see also Omega number

inflation 1

absence of gravitational waves 1

eternal 1

and false vacuum 1

and galaxies 1

as recipe for Universe 1

and Universe’s horizon 1

and vacuum pressure 1, 2

information 1, 2, 3

processing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

irreducible 1

reducible 1

Jeans, Sir James 1

Jupiter 1

Karhunen-Loeve-Transform 1

Kolmogorov, Andrei 1n

Lamb, Charles 1

Law, Stephen 1

laws of physics see physics

Leibniz, Gottfried 1n, 2, 3

leptons 1, 2, 3

light

and age of Universe 1

and arrow of time 1

bending of 1

effect on retina 1, 2

emitted by atoms 1

from distant galaxies 1, 2

horizon 1

and Omega Point 1, 2

from quasars 1

red shift 1

speed of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

life

in closed universe 1

definition of 1

departure for the stars 1

need for destruction of mass 1

in open universe 1

purpose of 1

responsibility of human beings for 1

resurrection in simulation at end of time 1, 2

Livio, Mario 1n

Local Group 1

Lorentz transformation 1

Mach, Ernst 1

Many Worlds 1, 2, 3

Marx, Groucho 1

mass

coupling constant 1

destruction of 1

as energy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

of fundamental particles 1

gravitational 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

and Higgs field 1

inertial 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

origin of 1, 2, 3

rest mass 1, 2, 3, 4

and weight 1

mass-energy 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5

Mathematica 1, 2

mathematics

axioms 1, 2, 3

and complexity 1

and conventional science 1

crisis in 1

incompleteness theorem 1, 2, 3

intuition in 1

irrelevance of crisis 1

as language of physics 1, 2

number theory 1

proofs 1

see also halting problem; Omega

number; set theory

matter

amount in Universe 1

and cellular automata 1

distribution of 1, 2, 3

energy density 1

and existence of God 1

grainy nature of 1

and gravitational waves 1

lumpiness 1

and mass-energy 1

polarising of quantum vacuum 1

residual stiffness 1

triggers inflation 1

ultimate building blocks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Maxwell, James Clerk 1n, 2

Mercury 1

Milky Way Galaxy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

colonising 1

extraterrestrials in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

molecules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5n, 6

momentum

conservation of 1, 2n

conservation of angular 1

Moon 1, 2, 3, 4

Morrison, Philip 1

motion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Nagasaki 1

neutrino 1

neutrons 1, 2, 3

Newton, Isaac 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

laws of motion 1, 2n, 3, 4

Niven, Larry 1

nodes 1, 2

Noether, Emmy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Ockham, William of 1

Ockham’s razor 1

Omega number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Omega Point 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Penrose, Roger 1, 2

Perlmutter, Saul 1, 2

pi (π) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

phase shifts 1, 2

photons

and Compton wavelength of electrons 1

in cosmic background radiation 1

DNA mutation 1

and electromagnetic field 1, 2

lacking mass 1, 2n

and observation 1, 2

physics

language of 1

laws of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

theology as branch of 1

unification 1, 2, 3

Planck energy 1n

Planck space probe 1

planet formation 1, 2

planetary orbits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Politzer, David 1n

positrons 1

Post, Emil 1

pressure

negative 1

quantum vacuum 1, 2

protons

all possible arrangements of 1, 2

electric charge 1

mass 1

and quarks 1n

uneven distribution 1

Puthoff, Hal 1n

quantum computers 1

quantum theory

coherence 1, 2

and complexity 1

Copenhagen interpretation 1

dark energy 1

decoherence 1, 2

estimate of vacuum’s energy 1

and gravity 1, 2n

and Many Worlds 1, 2

nature of matter 1

and Omega Point 1

recording quantum events 1

success of 1

unification with general theory of

relativity 1

unpredictability 1

quantum vacuum

blowing 1

choppiness 1, 2, 3

and dark energy 1, 2

dilution of starlight 1

and fields of force 1

generates collision of branes 1, 2, 3

gravitational and inertial mass 1

and Higgs field 1

manipulation of 1

pressure of 1, 2

protons and neutrons 1n

repulsive gravity 1

and virtual particles 1, 2

and warped space-time 1

quantum waves 1, 2, 3, 4

quantum weirdness 1, 2

quarks

and atomism 1, 2

and gauge symmetry 1

mass-energy of 1, 2, 3

interaction with quantum vacuum 1

rest masses 1

and string theory 1

and unification 1

quasars 1

randomness 1, 2, 3

red shift 1

resonant frequencies 1

Ricci tensor 1

robots

computation 1

as descendants of human beings 1

memory registers 1

natural selection 1

time experience of 1

Rueda, Alfonso 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Sackmann, Juliana 1

Sagan, Carl 1

Contact 1

St Augustine 1

satellites 1, 2, 3

Schmidt, Brian 1

Schrödinger, Erwin 1, 2

Schrödinger’s cat 1

Schrödinger equation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

and zitterbewegung 1

Schulman, Larry 1, 2

Schwartzschild, Karl 1

Scott, Dave 1

set theory 1

SETI (search for extraterrestrial intel ligence)

definition of life 1

inefficiency of patterned signals in 1

message from Creator 1, 2

pointlessness of 1, 2

search for giant structures 1

SETI League 1n

techniques 1

use of light flashes 1

use of radio and optical bands 1

see also extraterrestrial life

Shakespeare, William 1

Sheffield, Charles 1

Shostak, Seth 1, 2

Shuch, Paul 1, 2

singularity 1

Solar System 1, 2, 3

space

additional dimensions 1, 2

and cellular automata 1, 2

expansion faster than light 1n, 2

space-time 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

stretching of 1

underlying structure 1

warped 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

special theory of relativity see

Einstein, Albert

speed of light see light

Square Kilometre Array 1n

stars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

human departure for 1

and Omega Point 1

Steinhardt, Paul 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Stenger, Victor 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

stochastic electrodynamics 1

string theory 1, 2, 3, 4

strong nuclear force 1

Sun

Copernican revolution 1

and Many Worlds 1

neutrinos 1n

orbit of the Earth 1

planetary orbits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

as red giant 1

and temperature difference 1

warps space-time 1, 2

Suntzeff, Nick 1

supernovae 1

superstring theory see string theory

symmetry

and Big Bang 1, 2

broken 1

general theory of relativity 1

laws of physics 1, 2

Lorentz transformation 1

quantum waves 1

special theory of relativity 1

and the Universe 1, 2

as unstable 1

and the void 1

Tegmark, Max 1n, 2

Teller, Edward 1n

theology 1

Theory of Everything 1, 2, 3, 4

time

abundance of 1

and cellular automata 1

elusiveness of 1

end of 1, 2

laws of biology 1

reverse time 1

robotic 1

rotation in 1, 2

running simulation of past 1

and singularity 1

slowing of 1

space-time 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

subjective experience of 1, 2, 3

ultra-small intervals 1

Tipler, Frank

and closed universe 1

computer simulation of Universe 1, 2, 3, 4

and dark energy 1, 2

God as Omega Point 1

hibernation 1

humans resurrected as computer

program 1

Many Worlds 1

Omega Point universe 1, 2, 3

Toffoli, Tomasso 1

Toffoli Gate 1n

Turing, Alan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Turing machine 1, 2, 3, 4n

Turok, Neil 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

uncertainty principle 1n, 2, 3

uncomputability 1, 2, 3, 4

undecidability 1, 2

Universe

Big Crunch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

building blocks of 1

and cellular automata 1, 2

closed 1, 2

colliding universes 1, 2

colonising of observable 1

complexity 1, 2

comprehensibility of 1, 2n, 3

compressibility of 1

as computer program 1, 2, 3

computer simulation of 1, 2, 3, 4

consequences of standard theory 1, 2

cooling 1, 2, 3

creation by superior beings 1

cyclic 1

early 1

emptiness 1n, 2, 3

expansion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

fine-tuning in 1

as free lunch 1

heat death 1, 2

horizon 1, 2

and laws of physics 1

long-term fate 1

message from creator 1

multiple universes 1, 2, 3

nearest identical region 1

non-carbon based life 1

non-symmetry 1

observable 1

Omega Point 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

open 1

and origin of inertia 1

origins of 1

as pre-ordained 1

possible histories 1, 2

quantum computer conundrum 1

recipe for making 1

as restructured nothingness 1

role of speed of light 1

role of vacuum 1

simplicity 1

size 1, 2n, 3

steering its evolution 1, 2, 3

stretching 1

survival of life in 1

symmetry 1, 2

transition from smooth to lumpy 1

unpredictability 1

Unruh, Bill 1, 2

vacuum see quantum vacuum

Venus 1

virtual particles 1, 2, 3

voids 1, 2

von Neumann, John 1

von Neumann probe 1

water 1, 2, 3

water droplets 1, 2, 3

Watson, James D. 1

waves

composite 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Schrödinger equation 1, 2

see also quantum waves

weak nuclear force 1, 2, 3, 4

weight 1, 2

Weinberg, Steven 1

Weyl, Hermann 1, 2, 3

Wheeler, John 1

Wigner, Eugene 1

Wilczek, Frank 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Wilde, Oscar 1

Wiles, Andrew 1

Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees 1

Wolfram, Stephen

comprehensibility of Universe 1n

creates Mathematica 1

and extraterrestrial intelligence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

and generation of universes 1

A New Kind of Science 1, 2, 3

Principle of Computational

Equivalence 1

Zee, Anthony 1, 2, 3, 4

Zeilinger, Anton 1, 2, 3

zitterbewegung 1

Zurek, Wojciech 1