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The Big Bang - Third edition

Door Joseph Silk

Categorie
Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer
#437196-VC56
Titel
The Big Bang - Third edition
Auteur
Silk, Joseph
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
New York : W.H. Freeman and Company
Jaar van uitgave
2001
ISBN10
0716742462
ISBN13
9780716742463
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original half cloth, dust jacket, illustrations in colour and b/w, figures/tables, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Our universe was born billions of years ago in a hot, violent explosion of elementary particles and radiation -- the big bang. What do we know about this ultimate moment of creation, and how do we know it? Drawing upon the latest theories and technology, The Big Bang, 3/e, is a sweeping, lucid account of the event that set the universe in motion. Award-winning astronomer and physicist Joseph Silk begins his story with the first microseconds of the big bang, on through the evolution of planets, stars, and galaxies, and into the distant future of our universe. He also explores the fascinating evidence for the big bang model and recounts the history of cosmological speculation. Revised and updated, the new edition features all the most recent astronomical advances, including: -- Photos and me... (Lees verder)asurements from the Hubble Space Telescope, Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite, and Infrared Space Observatory-- Modern estimates of the age of the universe-- New ideas in string theory and superstring theory-- Recent experiments on neutrino detection-- New theories about the presence of dark matter in galaxies-- New devel
Pagina's
496
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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