Fact and Myth in Modern Astrophysics
Dr. John Auping Birch
Chapter 1 Fact: the evolution of the Universe .......... 17
Chapter 2 Myth: dark matter and dark energy .......... 95
Chapter 3 Fact: the fine-tuning of physical constants .......... 155
Chapter 4 Myth: modern theories of the multiverse .......... 199
Chapter 5 Fact: entropy and evolution of the Universe .......... 265
Chapter 6 Myth: conformal cyclical cosmology .......... 283
Chapter 7 How to distinguish scientific fact from myth .......... 293
Chapter 8 The cause of the Universe .......... 349
Name and author index .......... 421
