Cosmic Odyssey
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.
Product details
August 2008Paperback
9780521348515
204 pages
216 × 140 × 10 mm
0.29kg
40 b/w illus. 5 tables
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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.