In Search of the Big Bang: Quantum Physics and Cosmology

In Search of the Big Bang: Quantum Physics and Cosmology

BookIn Search of the Big Bang: Quantum Physics and Cosmology
PublisherBantam Books
Copyright HolderJohn and Mary Gribbin
IllustratorNeil Hyslop
SeriesIn Search Of (2)
FormatSoft cover
LanguageEnglish
LocationUnited States and Canada
This Edition Published1986-04
Copyright1986
Pages / Font413 pages
Library of Congress Classification NumberQB991.B54G75 1986
Dewey Decimal Classification Number523.1'8
Library of Congress Call Number85-48112
ISBN 100-553-34258-4
PriceUS $9.95
PriceCanada $11.95
Impression/Printing No.0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ChaptersAcknowledgement / vi Prolog: The Metaphysical Universe / xiii PART ONE - EINSTEIN'S UNIVERSE Chapter One: The Realm Of The Nebulae / 3 Chapter Two: How Far Is Up? / 19 Chapter Three: The Expanding Universe / 56 Interlude One: The Philosopher's Universe / 93 PART TWO - THE BIG BANG Chapter Four: The Cosmic Egg / 119 Chapter Five: Two Keys To The Universe / 159 Chapter Six: The Standard Model / 195 Interlude Two: Quantum Physics / 214 PART THREE: . . . AND BEFORE Chapter Seven: Particles And Fields / 251 Chapter Eight: In Search Of Superforce / 291 Chapter Nine: The Very Early Universe / 332 Chapter Ten: The Moment Of Creation / 366 Bibliography / 393 Index / 403
NotesNo barcode Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gribbin, John R. In search of the big bang. Bibliography: pg. 393 Includes index. 1. Big bang theory. 2. Cosmology. 3. Particles (Nuclear physics) 4. Quantum theory. I. Title
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