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Cosmic Odyssey

Cosmic Odyssey

Cosmic Odyssey

Jean Heidmann, Observatoire de Paris
August 2008
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    The immensity of the cosmos, the richness of the Universe, the limits of space and time: these are the themes of Cosmic Odyssey, which takes the reader on imaginary journeys through the past, present and future of our universe.

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    March 2011
    Adobe eBook Reader
    9780511872983
    0 pages
    0kg
    40 b/w illus. 5 tables
    This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • 1. The starry night
    • 2. The universe, a thousand-year enigma
    • 3. A first look at the universe
    • 4. The relativistic universe
    • 5. The quantum universe
    • 6. The inflationary universe
    • 7. The universe and ourselves
    • Epilogue.
      Author
    • Jean Heidmann , Observatoire de Paris