A Little Book about the Big Bang / / Tony Rothman.
A concise introduction to the greatest questions of modern cosmology.What came before the big bang? How will the universe evolve into the future? Will there be a big crunch? Questions like these have no definitive answers, but there are many contending theories. In A Little Book about the Big Bang,...
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Rothman, Tony, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Little Book about the Big Bang / Tony Rothman. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022] ©2022 1 online resource (240 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Also by Tony Rothman -- Introduction -- 1. Gravity, Pumpkins, and Cosmology -- 2. A Special Theory -- 3. General Relativity, the Basis of Cosmology -- 4. The Expanding Universe -- 5. Cosmology’s Rosetta Stone: The Cosmic Background Radiation -- 6. The Primeval Cauldron -- 7. Dark Universe -- 8. Darker Universe -- 9. Galaxies Exist and So Do We -- 10. The Universal Pipe Organ -- 11. The First Blink: Cosmic Inflation -- 12. To Inflate or Not to Inflate -- 13. Crunches and Bounces -- 14. Why Quantum Gravity? -- 15. Multiverses and Metaphysics -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star A concise introduction to the greatest questions of modern cosmology.What came before the big bang? How will the universe evolve into the future? Will there be a big crunch? Questions like these have no definitive answers, but there are many contending theories. In A Little Book about the Big Bang, physicist and writer Tony Rothman guides expert and uninitiated readers alike through the most compelling mysteries surrounding the nature and origin of the universe.Cosmologists are busy these days, actively researching dark energy, dark matter, and quantum gravity, all at the foundation of our understanding of space, time, and the laws governing the universe. Enlisting thoughtful analogies and a step-by-step approach, Rothman breaks down what is known and what isn’t and details the pioneering experimental techniques scientists are bringing to bear on riddles of nature at once utterly basic and stunningly complex. In Rothman’s telling, modern cosmology proves to be an intricate web of theoretical predictions confirmed by exquisitely precise observations, all of which make the theory of the big bang one of the most solid edifices ever constructed in the history of science. At the same time, Rothman is careful to distinguish established physics from speculation, and in doing so highlights current controversies and avenues of future exploration.The idea of the big bang is now almost a century old, yet with each new year comes a fresh enigma. That is scientific progress in a nutshell: every groundbreaking discovery, every creative explanation, provokes new and more fundamental questions. Rothman takes stock of what we have learned and encourages readers to ponder the mysteries to come. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Big bang theory. Cosmology. Dark energy (Astronomy). Quantum theory. SCIENCE / Cosmology. bisacsh astrophysics. big bang nucleosynthesis. bouncing universe. cosmic background radiation. cosmic microwave background radiation. cosmic nucleosynthesis. cosmological constant. cosmology. friedmann equation. hubble law. hubble. multiverse. quantum gravity. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English 9783110993899 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 9783110994810 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Physics, Chemistry, Mat.Sc, Geosc 2022 English 9783110993448 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Physics, Chemistry, Mat.Sc, Geosc 2022 9783110993219 ZDB-23-DPC Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 9783110785791 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674276314?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674276314 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674276314/original |
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