THE ZEN IN MODERN COSMOLOGY

THE ZEN IN MODERN COSMOLOGY

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER Chi-Sing Lam	i
Out of Emptiness Chi-Sing Lam	1
Sakyamuni Buddha Chi-Sing Lam	7
A Flower and a Smile Chi-Sing Lam	17
Hui Neng Chi-Sing Lam	21
The Platform Sutra Chi-Sing Lam	29
Prologue to Our Universe Chi-Sing Lam	33
Does the Universe Have a Beginning? Chi-Sing Lam	43
Size and Shape of the Universe Chi-Sing Lam	51
Scale Factor and Redshift Chi-Sing Lam	59
The Constituents in the Universe Chi-Sing Lam	63
What Is Matter? Chi-Sing Lam	67
Different Kinds of Energy Chi-Sing Lam	83
Heat and Temperature Chi-Sing Lam	97
The Noisy Universe Chi-Sing Lam	103
A Short History of the Universe Chi-Sing Lam	109
Inflation Chi-Sing Lam	123
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Chi-Sing Lam	137
Emergence of Matter Chi-Sing Lam	159
Syntheses of Chemical Elements Chi-Sing Lam	185
Epilogue Chi-Sing Lam	199
BACK MATTER Chi-Sing Lam	201
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