Cosmic Coincidences: Dark Matter, Mankind, and Anthropic Cosmology
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 1989 |
| Publisher | Bantam Books |
| Imprint | Bantam New Age Books |
| Copyright Holder | John Gribbin and Martin Rees |
| Cover Art by | Geoffrey McCormack |
| Book Design by | Kathryn Parise |
| Copyright Holder (Cover/Jacket Art) | Geoffrey McCormack |
| About/Subject | Dark Matter, Cosmology, Quantum mechanics* |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | United States |
| Copyright | 1989 |
| Copyright | 1989 |
| Pages / Font | 302 pages |
| UPC | 9 780553 347401 |
| UPC 5 | 50995 |
| ISBN | 0-553-34740-3 |
| Price | US $9.95 |
| Price | Canada $12.95 |
| Printer's Key | FG 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 |
| Chapters | INTRODUCTION: Why Are We Here? xi
PART ONE:
Cosmic Coincidences. 1
..ONE: How Special Is The Universe? . . . 3
..TWO: The Geography Of The Universe 30
..THREE: Kinds Of Dark Matter . . . . . . . 63
PART TWO:
The Stuff Of The Universe . . . . . . . . . . 101
..FOUR: The Particle Zoo . . . . . . . . . . 103
..FIVE: Halo Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
..SIX: Core Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
..SEVEN: Cosmic String . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
..EIGHT: Gravity's Telescopes . . . . . . . 202
..NINE: The Lyman Forest . . . . . . . . . . 223
PART THREE:
The Bespoke Universe . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
..TEN: Tailor-made For Man? . . . . . . 241
..ELEVEN: Or Off The Peg? . . . . . . . . 270
FURTHER READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 INTRODUCTION: Why Are We Here? xi
PART ONE:
Cosmic Coincidences. 1
..ONE: How Special Is The Universe? . . . 3
..TWO: The Geography Of The Universe 30
..THREE: Kinds Of Dark Matter . . . . . . . 63
PART TWO:
The Stuff Of The Universe . . . . . . . . . . 101
..FOUR: The Particle Zoo . . . . . . . . . . 103
..FIVE: Halo Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
..SIX: Core Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
..SEVEN: Cosmic String . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
..EIGHT: Gravity's Telescopes . . . . . . . 202
..NINE: The Lyman Forest . . . . . . . . . . 223
PART THREE:
The Bespoke Universe . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
..TEN: Tailor-made For Man? . . . . . . 241
..ELEVEN: Or Off The Peg? . . . . . . . . 270
FURTHER READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Show all ▾ |
| Notes | LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Gribbin, John R. Cosmic coincidences. Bibliography: p. 1. Cosmology. 2. Astrophysics. I. Rees, Martin. II. Dark matter, mankind, and anthropic cosmology. III. Title. |