An edition of The very first light (1996)

The very first light

the true inside story of the scientific journey back to the dawn of the universe

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An edition of The very first light (1996)

The very first light

the true inside story of the scientific journey back to the dawn of the universe

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In 1990 and 1992, a NASA-led team of scientists from the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) project changed the way we view the universe. They showed that microwave radiation that fills the universe has an exquisite perfection that proves it came from the Big Bang itself. Even more spectacularly, they found tiny variations in its brightness that come from quantum sound waves in that great explosion, primordial seeds that would nucleate the growth of galaxies and make our own existence possible.

Their discoveries drew standing ovations from scientists and made headlines around the world.

In this no-holds-barred account, COBE's Project Scientist and originator John C. Mather and science writer John Boslough furnish intimate and startling details. They tell of the discovery of the cosmic background radiation and of the subsequent fifteen-year struggle to design, build, and launch the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite.

An eye-opening, riveting account with rare narrative verve, The Very First Light tells the story of COBE from start to finish, including an unwelcome controversy when one team member breached the project's publication policy and stepped into the limelight alone.

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BasicBooks
Language
English
Pages
328

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-315) and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
523.1/2
Library of Congress
QB991.C64 M38 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxi, 328 p. :
Number of pages
328

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL973857M
Internet Archive
veryfirstlighttr0000math_t2n0
ISBN 10
0465015751
LCCN
96010781
OCLC/WorldCat
34357391
Library Thing
358235
Goodreads
1171908

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