by JohnD.Barrow (Author)
There was immense excitement in the scientific community and among the general public when the COBE space probe sent back data that proved not only that the Big Bang had happened but also that it had happened at more or less exactly the time that astronomers had calculated. Barrow describes these finds and then goes on to explain how they allow us to reach back and shed light upon events at the dawn of time. What does it mean to say that the universe appeared out of nothing? Did it need a beginning, and will it ever end? Why do we think that most of the universe is invisible? The ideas that cosmologists are wrestling with are challenging and extraordinary: here they are explained with unfailing fluency.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 04 Sep 1995
ISBN 10: 1857993357
ISBN 13: 9781857993356
Book Overview: Part of the Science Masters series - bringing together some of the world's finest scientists to explore and explain the key ideas in contemporary science John Barrow is a leading authority in this field Previous critically acclaimed and bestselling books include The Left Hand of Creation, The World Within the World and Theories of Everything Cosmology is a subject of perennial interest - and is always newsworthy 'An excellent account of the universe's origin' Sunday Times
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