The book of universes exploring the limits of the cosmos
A tour of the strange and wonderful universes that modern physics posits might--just might--be out there.
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New York :
W.W. Norton,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Barrow, John D., |d 1952- | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The book of universes : |b exploring the limits of the cosmos / |c John D. Barrow. |
| 250 | |a 1st American ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b W.W. Norton, |c 2011. | ||
| 300 | |a xiv, 354 p. : |b ill. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 520 | |a A tour of the strange and wonderful universes that modern physics posits might--just might--be out there. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Being in the right place at the right time -- The earnestness of being important -- Einstein's universes -- Unexpected universes: the Rococo period -- Something completely different -- The steady statesmen come and go with a bang -- Universes, warts and all -- The beginning for beginners -- Brave new worlds -- Post-modern universes -- Fringe universes -- The runaway universe. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-340) and index. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Cosmology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Physical laws. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Einstein field equations. | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Stein, Sylvia tribute. | |
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