Before Time Began - The Big Bang and the Emerging Universe

Zusatztext This is a fine, clearly written summary of cosmology; it belongs in all college collections. RECOMMENDED. Informationen zum Autor Helmut Satz is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics at the University of Bielefeld in Germany, where his research focuses on thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter. He served on the staff of CERN in 1989-1995 and Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1985-1992. Klappentext What is the origin of the universe? What was there before the universe appeared? We are presently witnessing a second Copernican revolution: neither our Earth and Sun nor our galaxy nor even our universe is the end of all things. This account of recent developments in modern cosmology introduces how the Big Bang took place and what preceded it. Zusammenfassung What is the origin of the universe? What was there before the universe appeared? We are presently witnessing a second Copernican revolution: neither our Earth and Sun nor our galaxy nor even our universe is the end of all things. This account of recent developments in modern cosmology introduces how the Big Bang took place and what preceded it. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Before the Big Bang 2: The First Particles 3: Empty Space 4: Transitions 5: The Light of the Big Bang 6: Structure and Form 7: Dark Corners 8: The End of Time

Product details

• Authors: Helmut Satz, Helmut (Professor Satz, Satz Helmut
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.2017
• EAN: 9780198792420
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879242-0
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; SCIENCE / Time, Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology, Time (chronology), time systems & standards, Time (chronology), time systems and standards