- Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 225 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Uniform Title
- Little book about the big bang (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Little book about the big bang (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2021032543
- OCLC
- ssj0002571194
- Author
Rothman, Tony.
- Title
A little book about the big bang [electronic resource] / Tony Rothman.
- Imprint
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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