An edition of Afterglow of creation
(1993)
Afterglow of creation
From the fireball to the discovery of cosmic ripples
by Marcus Chown
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Cosmic background radiation, Cosmic ripples, CreationShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Afterglow of creation: from the fireball to the discovery of cosmic ripples
1996, University Science Books
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Afterglow of creation: from the fireball to the discovery of cosmic ripples
1996, University Science Books
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Afterglow of creation: From the fireball to the discovery of cosmic ripples
1993, Arrow Books
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Afterglow of creation: from the fireball to the discovery of cosmic ripples
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION:.
The world through microwave eyes.
1
PART ONE.
The toughest measurement in science.
CHAPTER 1: THE BIG BANG.
How did we come to believe in suh a ridiculous idea?.
9
CHAPTER 2: THE RESTLESS UNIVERSE.
How Einstein missed the message in hiw own equations.
17
CHAPTER 3: THE PRIMEVAL FIREBALL.
Cooking up the elements in a hot Big Bang.
29
CHAPTER 4: TAKING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE UNIVERSE.
The search for the fireball radiation.
40
CHAPTER 5: THE GHOST SIGNAL AT 4080 MEGACYCLES.
Problems with an icecream cone antenna.
52
CHAPTER 6: A TALE OF TWO TELEPHONE CALLS.
How the fireball radiation came to be found.
62
CHAPTER 7: AFTERGLOW OF CREATION.
Why did nobody find the fireball radiation earlier?.
75
CHAPTER 8: THE TOUGHEST MEASUREMENT IN SCIENCE.
Twenty-five years of ill-fated experiments.
89
CHAPTER 9: BUMPS BUT NO WIGGLES.
The cosmic background throws up some puzzles.
100
PART TWO.
The Golden Age of Cosmology.
CHAPTER 10: AN EYE ABOVE THE ATMOSPHERE.
NASA decides to nail the program once and for all.
111
CHAPTER 11: THE NINE-MINUTE SPECTRUM.
COBE gets a standing ovation.
124
CHAPTER 12: COSMIC RIPPLES.
COBE finds the seeds of galaxies.
133
CHAPTER 13: THE HYPE AND THE HYSTERIA.
How the COBE results became front-page news.
140
CHAPTER 14: THE UNIVERSE ACCORDING TO COBE.
Galaxy formation, dark matter and inflation.
150
CHAPTER 15: THE GOLDEN AGE OF COSMOLOGY.
Life after COBE.
162
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