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Contents
11.4 The Foamy Distribution of Galaxies
222
11.5 The Accelerated Expansion
223
11.6 Dark Energy and the Concordance Model
of the Universe
226
11.7 Alternative Cosmological Models
230
References
231
Part III Open Questions
12 Issues for the Future
235
12.1 Doppelbelcher and the OOO
235
12.2 Time to Jazz It Up
237
12.3 The Beginning of Time
240
12.4 Interfaces between Theories
243
12.5 Entanglement and Quantum Computing (QC)
245
12.6 Towards a New Copernican Revolution
248
12.7 The Multiverse: Physics or Metaphysics?
253
12.8 The Past is Never Dead. It’s Not Even Past
255
12.9 Are Space and Time chunky?
257
12.10 Conclusion
259
12.11 RT and the Quantum Chip
262
References
264
Appendices
267
Index
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