A big bang in a little room : the quest to create new universes / Zeeya Merali.
A big bang in a little room : the quest to create new universes / Zeeya Merali.
A big bang in a little room : the quest to create new universes / Zeeya Merali.
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New York : Basic Books, [2017]
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G 2017/967
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English
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Physical content
vii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
God's billboard : the cosmic microwave background -- Beyond space and time : the quantum realm -- Inflating the universe -- Bursting inflation's bubble -- Universe to multiverse -- The accidental universe makers -- A baby universe, a string multiverse, or God? : explaining our tailor-made universe -...
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New York : Basic Books, [2017]
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New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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"What if you could become God, with the ability to build a whole new universe in the lab? As startling as it sounds, modern physics suggests that within the next two decades, scientists may be able to perform this seemingly divine feat-- to concoct an entirely new baby universe, complete with its own physical laws, star systems, galaxies, and even...
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A big bang in a little room : the quest to create new universes / Zeeya Merali.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index.
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G 2017/967
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74VKV7l34AeX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV7l34AeX
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9780465065912 hardcover
0465065910 hardcover
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523.1
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991024069537402626
