A Little Book About the Big Bang

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.

About the author

Tony Rothman has taught physics at Harvard, Princeton, and NYU. A former editor at Scientific American, he is the author of thirteen books, including Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry (with Fukagawa Hidetoshi) and A Physicist on Madison Avenue.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Tony Rothman, Rothman Tony
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780674251847
• ISBN: 978-0-674-25184-7
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 115 mm x 170 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; popular science, SCIENCE / General, SCIENCE / Physics / General, Astrophysics, Gravity, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, Relativity physics, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology, SCIENCE / Physics / Gravity