| Description |
viii, 294 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index. |
| Contents |
The first cosmology : the golden age of the gods -- The first cosmological revolution : the Copernican theory -- The second cosmological revolution : Hubble and the Big Bang -- The third revolution begins : the universe amok -- The music of the spheres : the cosmic microwave background -- The dark universe : what's the matter with matter? -- Darker still : the enigma of exotic dark matter -- The Big Bang in our backyard : the birth of baryons -- The good nus : the exotic neutrino -- Supersymmetry : fearlessly framing the laws of matter -- Seeing the invisible : MACHOs, WIMPs, and illuminating the darkest regions of the universe -- The deepest mystery in physics : L, the vacuum, and inflation -- Wrinkles in spacetime : gravitational waves and the early universe -- Beyond the third revolution : voyage to the ends of time -- Appendix A : tired light retired -- Appendix B : Where does matter come from? -- Appendix C : Nobel prizes in physics, past and future -- Appendix D : some experiments to watch. |
| Subject |
Cosmology.
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Cosmology. |
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Astronomy.
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Astronomy. |
| ISBN |
0670031798 alkaline paper |
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