Cosmic questions: galactic halos, cold dark matter and the end of time

What happened before the big bang? Is space infinite? When did time begin? How are galaxies formed? Do other universes exist? Today, scientists stand poised to answer these far-reaching questions about the fundamental nature of the universe, questions that have both challenged and confounded human b...

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1. Verfasser: Morris, Richard 1939-2003 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York [u.a.] Wiley 1993
Schriftenreihe:Wiley popular science
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Zusammenfassung:What happened before the big bang? Is space infinite? When did time begin? How are galaxies formed? Do other universes exist? Today, scientists stand poised to answer these far-reaching questions about the fundamental nature of the universe, questions that have both challenged and confounded human beings through the millennia. In this bold, timely, and captivating book, acclaimed science writer Richard Morris identifies and delineates these key questions
His search for answers goes to the very threshold of contemporary scientific knowledge
In a writing style The New York Times hails as "exhilarating," Morris provides clear, precise explanations of the best current answers to each profoundly important question
Beschreibung:VI, 200 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:0471132969
0471595217

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