Flashes of creation : George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the great Big bang debate / Paul Halpern, PHD.
Flashes of creation : George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the great Big bang debate / Paul Halpern, PHD.
Flashes of creation : George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the great Big bang debate / Paul Halpern, PHD.
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New York, NY : Basic Books, 2021.
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G 2021/1494
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English
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Physical content
ix, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: The quest for the origin of everything -- Children of an expanding cosmos -- Preparing the battlefield : anticipations of a cosmological clash -- Unlocking the nucleus -- Recurrence in the dead of night : the theory of continuous creation -- Alpha to omega : a fiery beginning -- Buildi...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Basic Books, 2021.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2021.
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Summary
"In the past decade, Paul Halpern has brought readers three stunning histories of science -- Einstein's Dice and Schroedinger's Cats, The Quantum Labyrinth, and Synchronicity -- that reveal the twisted, bizarre, and illuminating stories of physics' greatest thinkers and ideas. In Flashes of Creation, Halpern turns to what might be the biggest story...
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Flashes of creation : George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the great Big bang debate / Paul Halpern, PHD.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/1494
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74VKaVbREX6X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaVbREX6X
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ISBN
154167359X
9781541673595
DDC
520.92
MMS ID
991024416512602626
