December 04, 2006
Just how precise is the balancing act that maintains life?
Wall Street Journal, December 1, 2006
If the laws of physics and the fundamental constants of nature were the slightest bit different, the world would not exist, at least in the form we see it. For years, many scientists viewed anthropic reasoning as "the last refuge of scoundrels," says cosmologist Lawrence Krauss of Case Western Reserve University. "It was what you resorted to when you couldn't think of other explanations. But science has always tried to explain why the universe is the way it is…" Read article. (subscription required)
Posted by: Heidi Cool, December 4, 2006 12:21 PM | News Topics: College of Arts and Sciences, Faculty, Science and Technology, The Wall Street Journal
http://blog.case.edu/caseinthenews/2006/12/04/just_how_precise_is_the_balancing_act_that_maintains_life
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