Once before time : a whole story of the universe / Martin Bojowald.
Once before time : a whole story of the universe / Martin Bojowald.
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Date
2010.
Call Numbers
N523.1/209
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Language
English
German
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 309 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Gravitation -- Quantum theory -- An interlude on the role of mathematics -- Quantum gravity -- Observational cosmology -- Black holes -- The arrow of time -- Cosmogony -- One world -- Theory of everything? -- The limits of science and the nobility of nature.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Edition
1st American ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
Traces how the author, a physics professor, used the new science of loop quantum gravity to create a simple model of the universe that launched loop quantum cosmology, proposing the theory that the universe undergoes an infinite series of expansions and contractions through time.
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Once before time : a whole story of the universe / Martin Bojowald.
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Notes
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"Originally published in Germany as Zurück vor den Urknall : Die ganze Geschichte des Universums ... in 2009"--T.p. verso.
"A Borzoi book" -- T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N523.1/209
Record Identifier
74VvDVOwwVaZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvDVOwwVaZ
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ISBN
0307272850
9780307272850
DDC
523.1
MMS ID
991004937209702626
