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The Seven Riddles of the Universe: The Seven Riddles of Modern Science, As seen by a Pupil of Gurdjieff
2015, Luzac Oriental an imprint of Monabooks UK
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The Seven Riddles of the Universe: As seen by a Pupil of Gurdjieff
2015, Luzac Oriental
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Table of Contents
Family Foreword.
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Man's search for Meaning
Chapter 2: Extending our Understanding of Reality. The Invisible Dimension. A Holistic Universe
Chapter 3: Riddle No 1: The Origin of the Visible Universe
Chapter 4: Riddle No 2: The Macro-Anthropic Principle. Why was the expanding Universe "Fine-tuned" to form and maintain Galaxies and Stars?
Chapter 5: Riddle No 3: The Micro-Anthropic Principle. Why did nuclear Fusion produce a predominance of the elements needed for Organic Chemistry?
Chapter 6: Riddle No 4: Why is there at least one planet in the Universe "Fine-tuned" for the development of Organic Life?
Chapter 7: Riddle No 5: What caused the appearance of the first Living Beings (Prokaryotes) on this Earth?
Chapter 8: Riddle No 6: Why did a succession of new Genera with increasing sophistication evolve to form a self-maintaining Ecosphere (Gaia)?
Chapter 9: Riddle No 7: Why did Homo Sapiens appear with Consciousness and the seed of Conscience?
Chapter 10: A Constant and Unflagging Instinctive Need for Self-Perfection in the Sense of Being
Appendix 1: Scientific Self-Observation
Bibliography
Appendix 2: Original Drawings
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