TY - BOOK AU - Morris,Richard TI - The edges of science : : crossing the boundary from physics to metaphysics / SN - 0132350297 AV - QC21.2. M677 1990 PY - 1990/// CY - New York ; , London ; , Toronto : PB - Prentice Hall Press, KW - Physics KW - Cosmology KW - Science N1 - Contents: Physics and cosmology today: The nature of matter ; The standard model ; The big bang ; The inflationary universe -- The frontiers of science: Beyond the standard model ; The invisible universe ; The farthest things in the universe -- Beyond the frontiers: the boundaries of science: Superstrings: twenty-first-century physics or medieval theology? ; Where did the universe come from? Why hasn't it curled up into a ball? -- The fringes and the edges of science: On the edge ; Physics and metaphysics. ER -