The Little Book of the Big Bang

A Cosmic Primer

Craig J. Hogan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

181 Seiten

2013 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Copernicus Books (Verlag)
978-1-4612-7234-2 (ISBN)

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What do we know about the origins of the Universe, and more important, how do we know it? In a small, easy-to-read package, this book introduces you to all of the important ideas about the Big Bang and its consequences. Craig Hogan explains what happened in the early days of the universe, why we think it's expanding (and how the expansion can look the same from everyplace at once), different ways the universe could end, and the meaning of such terms as "cosmic inflation," "cosmic background radiation," and "dark matter." For everyone who has always wondered just what the cosmologists are talking about but could never find the basics explained clearly and simply, this is the book to read.

The Big Picture.- A Survey of Space and Time.- A Summary of Physics.- The Cosmic Expansion.- Cosmic Background Radiation.- Primordial Matter.- The Formation of Structure.- The Beginning.- The Future.

Reihe/Serie	Little Book Series
Vorwort	M. Rees
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 181 p.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	1-4612-7234-3 / 1461272343
ISBN-13	978-1-4612-7234-2 / 9781461272342
Zustand	Neuware