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Explores the synthesis of relativity, cosmology and quantum physics in the earliest milliseconds of our universe, and the development from the perfect symmetry of creation to the highly complex and asymmetric cosmos we inhabit today.

For over three millennia, most people could understand the universe only in terms of myth, religion, and philosophy. Between 1920 and 1970, cosmology transformed into a branch of physics. With this remarkably rapid change came a theory that would…

Igor Novikov has been hailed as "Russia's answer to Stephen Hawking." In this popular account of the cosmic importance of black holes, he explores the properties and significance of these mysterious phenomena, which represent the most condensed state…

This book describes what will ultimately happen to the contents of the universe. To understand the universe in the far future, we must first describe its present state and structure on the grand scale, and how its present properties arose. Dr Islam…

New techniques, instruments, ans theories have wonderfully increased ans sharpened our knowledge of the universe - particulary during the last decade. In this extensively revised version of Great ideas and Theories of Modern Cosmology one of the most…

This book is a concise introduction to the mathematical aspects of the origin, structure and evolution of the universe. The book begins with a brief overview of observational cosmology and general relativity, and goes on to discuss Friedmann models,…

Populair-wetenschappelijke studie over de interstellaire ruimte, waar zich materie bevindt in de vorm van wolken en waar nieuwe sterren en planeten ontstaan.

In the last few years, scientists have begun to answer some of the most fundamental questions about the origin and early evolution of the universe. This book presents a fresh, engaging, and highly readable introduction to these ideas. Using novel,…

Is the universe infinite, or is it just really big? Does nature abhor infinity? In startling and beautiful prose, Janna Levin's diary of unsent letters to her mother describes what we know about the shape and extent of the universe, about its…

How the universe got its spots looks at how science is coming up sharp against the mind-boggling idea that the universe may be finite. Such a revelation would provide the ultimate twist to the Copernican revolution, for we would find out exactly…