Before the big bang : the origins of the universe / by Ernest J. Sternglass.
Before the big bang : the origins of the universe / by Ernest J. Sternglass.
Before the big bang : the origins of the universe / by Ernest J. Sternglass.
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New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, c1997.
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T0385629
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English
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Physical content
ix, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Beginnings -- Ch. 2. Faraday's Dream -- Ch. 3. From X-Rays to Muons -- Ch. 4. Einstein -- Ch. 5. The Body Electric -- Ch. 6. "Be Stubborn" -- Ch. 7. Two Places at Once -- Ch. 8. Louis de Broglie -- Ch. 9. Niels Bohr -- Ch. 10. A Visit to Feynman -- Ch. 11. Laboring Under the Nuclear Shadow --...
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Publisher
New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, c1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
In Before the Big Bang, Sternglass conducts a brief tour of modern particle physics and cosmology. He describes how the theories of Kant, Godel, Einstein and others led to the idea of an expanding but ultimately stable, rotating universe. And he recounts his firsthand exchanges with scientific greats such as Albert Einstein, Louis de Broglie, Niels...
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Before the big bang : the origins of the universe / by Ernest J. Sternglass.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272) and index.
Transferred from N523.12/12.
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c1997.
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T0385629
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74VMQKk6wp0d
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ISBN
1568580878
9781568580876
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523.12
MMS ID
991000419359702626
