Almost everything in modern physics,
from standard cosmology and quantum mechanics to string theory, points to the existence of multiple universes — maybe 10500 of them, maybe an infinite number (see «The ultimate guide to the multiverse»).
Not exact matches
He considers five different concepts
from the
standard world view of classical physics to a view which closely resembles the
cosmology put forth in Process and Reality.
In the past decade, cosmologists have deduced a very precise recipe for the content of the universe, as well as instructions for putting it together, transforming
cosmology from a largely qualitative endeavor to a precision science with a
standard theory.
Standard cosmology — that is, the Big Bang Theory with its early period of exponential growth known as inflation — is the prevailing scientific model for our universe, in which the entirety of space and time ballooned out
from a very hot, very dense point into a homogeneous and ever - expanding vastness.
A new twist on
standard quantum theory promises not only to rid reality of its observer problem, but also to answer a host of unresolved issues in
cosmology,
from the workings of black holes to the nature of dark energy to why time flows in only one direction.
This is a frame
from an animation that shows the expansion of the universe in the
standard «Lambda Cold Dark Matter»
cosmology, which includes dark energy (top left panel red), the new Avera model, that considers the structure of the universe and eliminates the need for dark energy (top middle panel, blue), and the Einstein - de Sitter
cosmology, the original model without dark energy (top right, green).
That discrepancy could hint at «new physics» beyond the
standard model of
cosmology, according to the team, which includes physicists
from the University of California, Davis, that made the observation.
These waves in turn are a central component Einstein's theory of general relativity
from 1915, that is still the basis for today's
standard model of
cosmology.