Afterglow of creation

Informationen zum Autor Marcus Chown is an award-winning science writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he is now cosmology consultant for the New Scientist . His acclaimed books include What a Wonderful World , Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, We Need to Talk about Kelvin and The Ascent of Gravity ( Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2017) . He is also the author of Solar System for iPad , which won The Bookseller 2011 Digital Innovation of the Year. www.marcuschown.com @marcuschown Klappentext Stephen Hawking described it as 'the discovery of the century, if not of all time', yet the scientists who first detected the cosmic radiation that was identified as the afterglow of the big bang had to admit that it was more by accident than intention. Afterglow of Creation: Decoding the message from the beginning of time in a fully revised and updated new edition of Marcus Chown's widely acclaimed first work of popular science. Zusammenfassung Stephen Hawking described it as 'the discovery of the century, if not of all time', yet the scientists who first detected the cosmic radiation that was identified as the afterglow of the big bang had to admit that it was more by accident than intention.

Product details

• Authors: Marcus Chown, Chown Marcus
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.01.2010
• EAN: 9780571250592
• ISBN: 978-0-571-25059-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 200 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Cosmology and the universe, Cosmology; Evolution; Pioneers; Scientists; Universe, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology