ISBN: 9798272768667 - energy, process, and the fate of the cosmos: a natural philosophy based on the energyon density field (6 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The proposal of the Energy Quantum Theory (EQT) is not merely to construct a mathematically self-consistent new model; it carries three interconnected, progressively deepening philosophical and scientific missions. These missions directly address the fundamental dilemmas of contemporary physics, aiming to reconstruct the foundation of natural philosophy and return physics to its core mission of explaining natural phenomena rather than merely fitting data. The first mission is to terminate static ontology, shifting physics from an obsession with ``entities'' to a focus on ``processes''; the second is to provide a physical foundation for irreversibility, proving that the arrow of time is not an additional assumption but an inevitable result of the universe's fundamental dynamics; the third is to reveal that complexity is local transient emergence, thereby dissolving teleological cosmology and establishing a non-cumulative, non-teleological, yet creatively vibrant natural picture. These three missions collectively constitute the theoretical core of EQT and provide the logical thread for the unfolding of this book. These three missions jointly point to a unified picture: the universe is a sea of irreversible processes driven by energy gradients, with local complexity surging and receding like waves, while the overall scale and total potential energy of the ocean remain stable. This picture is neither mechanical determinism (due to the historicity of processes) nor teleology (due to the absence of an ultimate goal), but a generative naturalism---the meaning of the universe lies not in its endpoint but in its processes; not in its whole but in its local creations. EQT provides a precise mathematical framework and observable predictions for this picture through frequency division, gradient dynamics, and resonance mechanisms, grounding philosophical insights in science. This book will unfold according to these three missions: the first layer (Chapters 1--4) establishes process ontology, terminating the static entity view; the second layer (Chapters 5--9) reveals the physical mechanisms of irreversibility, unifying fundamental interactions; the third layer (Chapters 10--13) elucidates the principle of non-cumulative emergence, exploring humanity's place in the universe. This is not only a paradigm shift in physics but a rebirth of natural philosophy---it fuses Whitehead's ``process is reality, '' Prigogine's ``from being to becoming, '' and Spinoza's ``God is nature'' into a coherent, testable, and creatively vibrant 21st-century cosmology. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. This book develops Energy Quantum Theory (EQT) as a natural-philosophical framework for rethinking energy, matter, life, consciousness, civilization, and the long-term fate of the universe. Rather than treating the universe as a collection of static entities or as a machine moving toward a predetermined end, the book proposes a processual picture centered on the Energyon Density Field, gradients, frequency structures, resonance, feedback, dissipation, and irreversible temporal development.At the core of the argument is the claim that energy should not be understood merely as an abstract conserved quantity, but as a frequency-based process. The relation (E=hf) is therefore interpreted not only as a statement of quantization, but also as a clue to the processual mode of energy itself. Matter, force, charge, mass, dark matter, dark energy, life, and cognition are examined as different manifestations of density fields, gradients, frequency matching, and conditional stability. In this framework, particles are not treated as isolated static objects, but as gradient transients within high-frequency density structures; gravity is reinterpreted through low-frequency statistical exchange; dark matter is considered as a possible mid-frequency modulation structure; and dark energy is approached as an extremely low-frequency form of gradient escape.The book also extends EQT beyond fundamental physics into complexity, biology, consciousness, civilization, and artificial intelligence. Life is interpreted as a gradient-escape system that temporarily delays dissipation by maintaining boundaries, metabolism, information, and feedback. Consciousness is approached as multi-gradient integration within living systems. Civilization is understood as conscious gradient reconstruction, through which natural gradients are transformed into energy systems, institutions, symbolic structures, science, technology, and AI. Complexity, however, is not presented as a cumulative cosmic destiny. The book instead develops the concept of Non-Cumulative Emergence: complex forms are real, valuable, and consequential, but they remain local, conditional, and transient.Philosophically, the book argues for a process ontology grounded in physical mechanisms. It brings modern physics into dialogue with Whitehead, Bergson, Spinoza, Prigogine, and complexity science, while rejecting both mechanistic reductionism and strong teleology. The universe is neither a heat-death machine nor a purpose-driven drama. It is a Sea of Gradients: a processual whole in which local order emerges, persists, transforms, and eventually dissipates. Meaning, in this view, does not require eternal preservation. It arises from the generation of local order within finite gradients: in life, understanding, relation, creation, ethics, science, and civilization.The final aim of the book is therefore both theoretical and philosophical. It seeks to offer a unified language for connecting physical mechanism, cosmic evolution, biological organization, conscious experience, civilizational development, and existential meaning. At the same time, it stresses that EQT must move beyond explanatory metaphor toward testable pathways, including CMB residuals, dark matter frequency-band detuning, fifth-force searches, low-frequency gravitational-wave signals, atomic-clock residuals, XFEL-based electron-cloud dynamics, and AI-assisted recognition of cross-frequency cosmic patterns. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…