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Alpha &Omega by Charles Seife
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- ISBN
- 9780670031795
- Book Title
- Alpha and Omega : the Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe
- Item Length
- 8.6 in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Science
- Topic
- General, Cosmology, Earth Sciences / General, Astronomy
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Item Weight
- 17 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Humankind has grappled for millennia with the fundamental questions of the origin and end of the universe-it was a focus of ancient religions and myths and of the inquiries of Aristotle, Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton. Today we are at the brink of discoveries that should soon reveal the deepest secrets of the universe. Alpha and Omegais a dispatch from the front lines of the cosmological revolution that is being waged at observatories and laboratories around the world-in Europe, in America, and even in Antarctica-where scientists are actually peering into both the cradle of the universe and its grave. Scientists-including galaxy hunters and microwave eavesdroppers, gravity theorists and atom smashers, all of whom are on the trail of dark matter, dark energy, and the growing inhabitants of the particle zoo-now know how the universe will end and are on the brink of understanding its beginning. Their findings will be among the greatest triumphs of science, even towering above the deciphering of the human genome. This is the book you need to help understand the frequent front-page headlines heralding dramatic cosmological discoveries. It makes cutting-edge science both crystal clear and wonderfully exciting.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670031798
ISBN-13
9780670031795
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2453253
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alpha and Omega : the Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Cosmology, Earth Sciences / General, Astronomy
Publication Year
2003
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Qb981.S446 2003
Table of Content
Preface vii Chapter1 The First Cosmology The Golden Age of the Gods 1 Chapter2 The First Cosmological Revolution The Copernican Theory 10 Chapter3 The Second Cosmological Revolution Hubble and the Big Bang 25 Chapter4 The Third Revolution Begins The Universe Amok 49 Chapter5 The Music of the Spheres The Cosmic Microwave Background 63 Chapter6 The Dark Universe What's the Matter with Matter? 90 Chapter7 Darker Still The Enigma of Exotic Dark Matter 103 Chapter8 The Big Bang in Our Backyard The Birth of Baryons 116 Chapter9 The Good Nus The Exotic Neutrino 132 Chapter10 Supersymmetry Fearlessly Framing the Laws of Matter 150 Chapter11 Seeing the Invisible MACHOs, WIMPs, and Illuminating the Darkest Regions of the Universe 163 Chapter12 The Deepest Mystery in Physics L, the Vacuum, and Inflation 182 Chapter13 Wrinkles in Spacetime Gravitational Waves and the Early Universe 199 Chapter14 Beyond the Third Revolution Voyage to the Ends of Time 215 AppendixA Tired Light Retired 225 AppendixB Where Does Matter Come From? 229 AppendixC Nobel Prizes in Physics- Past and Future 235 AppendixD Some Experiments to Watch 241 Glossary249 Select Bibliography269 Acknowledgments277 Index279
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2002-044853
Dewey Decimal
523.1
Dewey Edition
21
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