Ancient light our changing view of the universe
MIT astrophysicist and science writer, Alan Lightman explores the history of cosmology, the themes and the evidence, the new discoveries, the outstanding questions and the controversies.
Print Book, Undefined, 1993
3. print
Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.], 1993
XI, 170 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
9780674033634, 0674033639
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Cosmic Questions Early Cosmologies The Birth of Modern Cosmology The Big Bang Model Other Cosmological Models Difficulties with the Big Bang Model Large-Scale Structure and Dark Matter Instruments and Technology Initial Conditions and Quantum Cosmology Particle Physics, the New Cosmology, and the Inflationary Universe Model The Anthropic Principle At Home Notes Glossary Acknowledgments Illustration Credits Index