How big is the universe? Is it infinite? How did it begin and how might it end? Joseph Silk guides the reader through the frontiers of current research in cosmology, weaving together the latest theories and observations, and combining science with literary quotations and philosophical reflections on the vastness and wonder of our Universe.
How big is the universe? Is it infinite? How did it begin and how might it end? Joseph Silk guides the reader through the frontiers of current research in cosmology, weaving together the latest theories and observations, and combining science with literary quotations and philosophical reflections on the vastness and wonder of our Universe.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Joseph Silk is Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford. He has published a number of books on cosmology for the general reader, including The Big Bang (W. H. Freeman), The Left Hand of Creation (with J. D. Barrow, published by Oxford University Press), and On the Shores of the Unknown (Cambridge University Press).
Inhaltsangabe
1: Introduction 2: Perspectives 3: Principles 4: Our neighbourhood 5: The universe of galaxies 6: The invisible cosmos 7: Supermassive black holes and the birth of galaxies 8: Clusters and clustering 9: Space is nearly flat 10: Dark energy and the runaway universe 11: The panacea of cold dark matter 12: Origins 13: The seeds of structure 14: Beyond the beginning 15: Towards the infinite universe 16: From time to time machines 17: A brief moment in time 18: Into the infinite future 19: And so to God 20: Where next? Index
1: Introduction 2: Perspectives 3: Principles 4: Our neighbourhood 5: The universe of galaxies 6: The invisible cosmos 7: Supermassive black holes and the birth of galaxies 8: Clusters and clustering 9: Space is nearly flat 10: Dark energy and the runaway universe 11: The panacea of cold dark matter 12: Origins 13: The seeds of structure 14: Beyond the beginning 15: Towards the infinite universe 16: From time to time machines 17: A brief moment in time 18: Into the infinite future 19: And so to God 20: Where next? Index
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