Summary of Lawrence Krauss's A Universe from Nothing (eBook)

IRB Media (Autor)

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2022
65 Seiten
Irb (Verlag)
978-1-6693-9266-8 (ISBN)

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Einstein's theory of gravity was not compatible with the existing universe picture. It was difficult to apply his theory to describe the universe as a whole, because it was static and eternal, and consisted of a single galaxy, our Milky Way, surrounded by a vast, infinite, dark, and empty space.#2 The discovery that the universe is expanding was a huge leap forward in understanding the universe. It suggested that our universe had a beginning, which stirred emotions. It took several decades for the idea of a Big Bang to achieve independent empirical confirmation, but Pope Pius XII heralded it in 1951 as evidence for Genesis.#3 The Big Bang was first proposed by a priest in 1927. It was not until 1930 that Lematre proposed that the universe began as an infinitesimal point, which he called the Primeval Atom.#4 Hubble's work showed that the universe was much larger than previously thought, and that the Sun was not at its center but simply in a remote, uninteresting corner. He was a formidable force in astronomy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.4.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• ISBN-10: 1-6693-9266-X / 166939266X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-6693-9266-8 / 9781669392668