Alpha and Omega
Autor Charles Seifeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 2011
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780857500250
ISBN-10: 0857500252
Pagini: 359
Dimensiuni: 129 x 199 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Transworld Publishers
ISBN-10: 0857500252
Pagini: 359
Dimensiuni: 129 x 199 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Transworld Publishers
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Descriere
Since a brief history of time scientists have been in the midst of a revolution in cosmology. Gradually, astronomers and physicists are answering questions that have plagued mankind since prehistory. This title reveals the results of the advanced experiments in cosmology ever conducted.
Cuprins
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Chapter 1: The First Cosmology [The Golden Age of the Gods] 1
Chapter 2: The First Cosmological Revolution [The Copernican Theory] 10
Chapter 3: The Second Cosmological Revolution [Hubble and the Big Bang] 25
Chapter 4: The Third Revolution Begins [The Universe Amok] 49
Chapter 5: The Music of the Spheres [The Cosmic Microwave Background] 63
Chapter 6: The Dark Universe [What's the Matter with Matter?] 90
Chapter 7: Darker Still [The Enigma of Exotic Dark Matter] 103
Chapter 8: The Big Bang in Our Backyard [The Birth of Baryons] 116
Chapter 9: The Good Nus [The Exotic Neutrino] 132
Chapter 10: Supersymmetry [Fearlessly Framing the Laws of Matter] 150
Chapter 11: Seeing the Invisible [MACHOs, WIMPs, and Illuminating the Darkest Regions of the Universe] 163
Chapter 12: The Deepest Mystery in Physics [&Lambda, the Vacuum, and Inflation] 182
Chapter 13: Wrinkles in Spacetime [Gravitational Waves and the Early Universe] 199
Chapter 14: Beyond the Third Revolution [Voyage to the Ends of Time] 215
Appendix A: Tired Light Retired 225
Appendix B: Where Does Matter Come From? 229
Appendix C: Nobel Prizes in Physics--Past and Future 235
Appendix D: Some Experiments to Watch 241
Glossary 249
Select Bibliography 269
Acknowledgements 277
Index 279
Chapter 1: The First Cosmology [The Golden Age of the Gods] 1
Chapter 2: The First Cosmological Revolution [The Copernican Theory] 10
Chapter 3: The Second Cosmological Revolution [Hubble and the Big Bang] 25
Chapter 4: The Third Revolution Begins [The Universe Amok] 49
Chapter 5: The Music of the Spheres [The Cosmic Microwave Background] 63
Chapter 6: The Dark Universe [What's the Matter with Matter?] 90
Chapter 7: Darker Still [The Enigma of Exotic Dark Matter] 103
Chapter 8: The Big Bang in Our Backyard [The Birth of Baryons] 116
Chapter 9: The Good Nus [The Exotic Neutrino] 132
Chapter 10: Supersymmetry [Fearlessly Framing the Laws of Matter] 150
Chapter 11: Seeing the Invisible [MACHOs, WIMPs, and Illuminating the Darkest Regions of the Universe] 163
Chapter 12: The Deepest Mystery in Physics [&Lambda, the Vacuum, and Inflation] 182
Chapter 13: Wrinkles in Spacetime [Gravitational Waves and the Early Universe] 199
Chapter 14: Beyond the Third Revolution [Voyage to the Ends of Time] 215
Appendix A: Tired Light Retired 225
Appendix B: Where Does Matter Come From? 229
Appendix C: Nobel Prizes in Physics--Past and Future 235
Appendix D: Some Experiments to Watch 241
Glossary 249
Select Bibliography 269
Acknowledgements 277
Index 279
Notă biografică
Charles Seife, a journalist with Science magazine, has also written for New Scientist, Scientific American, The Economist, Wired UK, and The Sciences, among many other publications. His previous titles include Alpha &Omega and Zero. He received an MS in Probability Theory and Artificial Intelligence from Yale.