Bibliograph

The whole shebang, a state-of-the-universe(s) report, Timothy Ferris

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The whole shebang, a state-of-the-universe(s) report, Timothy Ferris

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-352) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The whole shebang

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

39381302

Responsibility statement

Timothy Ferris

Sub title

a state-of-the-universe(s) report

Table Of Contents

The shores of light : in which the tenets of the standard big bang model are outlined -- The expansion of the universe : in which the dynamic cosmos is depicted, and its prediction by Einstein and the unheralded Friedmann recounted -- The shap of space : in which we explore the geometry of a finite but unbounded universe -- Blast from the past : in which the physics of the big bang is related to the origin of chemical elements -- The black Taj : in which the riddle of dark matter is posed, and various suspects interrogated as to whether they might be it -- The large-scale structure of the universe : in which we ask how it happens that the universe at large is so smooth, yet locally is so lumpy -- Cosmis evolution : in which the histories of planets, stars, galaxies, and the cosmos are scrutinized for signs of Darwinian evolution, and found not entirely wanting -- Symmetry and imperfection : in which the univese is portrayed as a shattered mirror, and unified theory as a way to fit it back together -- The speed of light : in which the inflationary hypothesis is set forth, the ability to oil the troubled waters of cosmological theorizing appraised, and its vision of a really big universe presented -- The origin of the universe(s) : in which like Achilles chasing the turtle in Zeno's paradox, we pursue but fail to snare the enigma of genesis -- Quantum weirdness : in which the reader is asked to run a gauntlet of puzzling ideas, and is rewarded with a radical vision of the universe as composed not of many things but of one -- A place for us : in which we living and (we think) thinking beings ask what we're doing here, and whether we would be around were things much different -- Contrarian theological afterworld : in which God, questioned about cosmological matters, responds with his customary silence

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