| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 208 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-200) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; 1 -- Island Universes; 2 -- The Very Large and the Very Small; 3 -- Big Bang; 4 -- Elementary Particles -- Fundamental Forces; 5 -- The Primeval Fireball; 6 -- Galaxy Clusters, Galaxies, and Stars; 7 -- The Future Universe; Index. |
| Summary |
In a brilliant flash about fourteen billion years ago, time and matter were born in a single instant of creation. An immensely hot and dense universe began its rapid expansion everywhere, creating space where there was no space and time where there was no time. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cosmology -- Popular works.
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Cosmology. |
| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- Popular works.
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| Added Title |
Cosmic journey through space and time |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Glendenning, Norman K. After the beginning. Singapore : World Scientific ; London : Imperial College Press, ©2004 1860944477 1860944485 (OCoLC)57048731 |
| ISBN |
186094521X (electronic book) |
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9781860945212 (electronic book) |
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1281866393 |
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9781281866394 |
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1860944477 |
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1860944485 |
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9781860944475 |
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