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050 00 $aQB981$b.F38 1997
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100 1 $aFerris, Timothy.
245 14 $aThe whole shebang :$ba state-of-the-universe(s) report /$cTimothy Ferris.
250 $a1st Touchstone ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bSimon & Schuster,$c1998.
300 $a393 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
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500 $a"A Touchstone book."
500 $aOriginally published ℗♭1997.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 313-352) and index.
505 0 $aThe shores of light : in which the tenets of the standard big bang model are outlined -- The expansion of the universe : in which the dynamic cosmos is depicted, and its prediction by Einstein and the unheralded Friedmann recounted -- The shap of space : in which we explore the geometry of a finite but unbounded universe -- Blast from the past : in which the physics of the big bang is related to the origin of chemical elements -- The black Taj : in which the riddle of dark matter is posed, and various suspects interrogated as to whether they might be it -- The large-scale structure of the universe : in which we ask how it happens that the universe at large is so smooth, yet locally is so lumpy -- Cosmis evolution : in which the histories of planets, stars, galaxies, and the cosmos are scrutinized for signs of Darwinian evolution, and found not entirely wanting -- Symmetry and imperfection : in which the univese is portrayed as a shattered mirror, and unified theory as a way to fit it back together -- The speed of light : in which the inflationary hypothesis is set forth, the ability to oil the troubled waters of cosmological theorizing appraised, and its vision of a really big universe presented -- The origin of the universe(s) : in which like Achilles chasing the turtle in Zeno's paradox, we pursue but fail to snare the enigma of genesis -- Quantum weirdness : in which the reader is asked to run a gauntlet of puzzling ideas, and is rewarded with a radical vision of the universe as composed not of many things but of one -- A place for us : in which we living and (we think) thinking beings ask what we're doing here, and whether we would be around were things much different -- Contrarian theological afterworld : in which God, questioned about cosmological matters, responds with his customary silence.
520 1 $a"Timothy Ferris begins The Whole Shebang with a succinct account of how we have come to know what we know about the universe. Then he explains the meaning behind the exciting new developments that have put cosmology in the headlines - including the discovery of planets orbiting stars other than our sun, glimpses through the Hubble Space Telescope of how the universe looked when it was only a fraction of its present age, and the detection of structure in relic radiation from the big bang that may hint at the mechanisms of genesis." "Ferris provides a lucid, nontechnical overview of current research and a forecast of where cosmological theory is likely to go in the twenty-first century. A master analogist, he presents accessible explanations of relativity and quantum physics, "inflationary" models indicating that the universe is much larger than had been thought, and "string" theories that portray all matter as made of space." "The centerpiece of The Whole Shebang is a visionary account of near-future science, in which light is shed on the possibility that our universe is one among many universes, each with different physical laws and differing prospects for the emergence of life."--Jacket.
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