The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report

Ferris, Timothy

ISBN 10: 0684810204 / ISBN 13: 9780684810201

Edité par Simon and Schuster, 1997

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Unmarked text. Unclipped dust jacket under clear, archival mylar cover. A non-technical account of recent astronomical research makes all that is known about the universe accessible to the average reader, in a study that integrates scientific personalities with hard facts, vivid explanations, and authoritative speculation. Notes, Glossary, Index. 393p. New York Times June 5, 1998 article on the discovery of the Neutrino pasted onto blank end pages at the back of the book. Lain in review article on cosmological experiments (Keay Davidson, SF Chronicle, 1/19/2004).

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report
• Éditeur: Simon and Schuster
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0684810204
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780684810201
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: very good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Science

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Synopsis

A non-technical account of recent astronomical research makes all that is known about the universe accessible to the average reader, in a study that integrates scientific personalities with hard facts, vivid explanations, and authoritative speculation.

Présentation de l'éditeur

From the prizewinning author who has been called "the greatest science writer in the world" comes this delightfully comprehensive and comprehensible report on how science today envisions the universe as a whole.
Timothy Ferris provides a clear, elegantly written overview of current research and a forecast of where cosmological theory is likely to go in the twenty-first century. He explores the questions that have occurred to even casual readers -- who are curious about nature on the largest scales: What does it mean to say that the universe is "expanding," or that space is "curved"? -- and sheds light on the possibility that our universe is only one among many universes, each with its own physical laws and prospects for the emergence of life.