A little book about the big bang
Title:
A little book about the big bang
Author:
Rothman, Tony, author.
ISBN:
9780674251847
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
viii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Contents:
Gravity, pumpkins, and cosmology -- A special theory -- General relativity, the basis of cosmology -- The expanding universe -- Cosmology's Rosetta Stone: the cosmic background radiation -- The primeval cauldron -- Dark universe -- Darker universe -- Galaxies exist and so do we -- The universal pipe organ -- The first blink: cosmic inflation -- To inflate or not to inflate -- Crunches and bounces -- Why quantum gravity? -- Multiverses and metaphysics.
Abstract:
"Tony Rothman offers a primer on the science of the big bang and the questions we still can't answer about the origins of the universe. Enlisting thoughtful analogies and a step-by-step approach, Rothman guides readers through dark matter, dark energy, quantum gravity, and other topics at-and beyond-the cutting edge of cosmology"-- Provided by publisher.
