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Endless universe : beyond the Big Bang / Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok.

By: Steinhardt, Paul J.
Contributor(s): Turok, Neil.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Doubleday, c2007Edition: 1st ed.Description: xv, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780385509640; 0385509642.Subject(s): Cyclic universe theory (Cosmology) | Cosmology | CosmologyDDC classification: 523.1/2
Contents:
2001 -- Act two -- Two tales of one universe -- From particles to the cosmos -- Inflation and the tale of two cosmologists -- From strings to Ekpyrosis -- A cyclic model of the universe -- The last question -- Seeing is believing -- Inflationary multiverse or cyclic universe -- Back to the future.
Summary: Cosmologists Paul Steinhard and Neil Turok examine the Big Bang theory, regarded as the most logical explanation for the origin of the universe, and propose a new view based on recent findings in astronomy and physics.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-276) and index.

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Cosmologists Paul Steinhard and Neil Turok examine the Big Bang theory, regarded as the most logical explanation for the origin of the universe, and propose a new view based on recent findings in astronomy and physics.

2001 -- Act two -- Two tales of one universe -- From particles to the cosmos -- Inflation and the tale of two cosmologists -- From strings to Ekpyrosis -- A cyclic model of the universe -- The last question -- Seeing is believing -- Inflationary multiverse or cyclic universe -- Back to the future.

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