Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 206 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Series |
Springer-Praxis Books in popular astronomy |
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Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy.
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Contents |
Genesis of Genesis -- Parallel Universes -- Once Upon a Time There Was No Time or Space -- What's the Matter with Anti-matter? -- Playing with Light -- Dark forces in the Universe -- Is This Universe Infinite? -- Holographic Universe : Ultimate Illusion -- Mind Over Matter -- The Spooky World of Quantum Entanglement -- Hadron Collider : Passport to the Universe -- Theory of Everything -- Are We Alone? -- The End of Everything |
Summary |
This book is a collection of engaging and intriguing essays that describe an intellectual journey from the beginning to the end of universe. It is the product of an ongoing effort to know our place in the universe and share with readers the underpinnings of the magnificent cosmos where we are given a chance to exist only very briefly. The essays incorporate a group of challenging ideas that modern physics and cosmology are struggling to understand, in a unique way that incorporates mythological, religious, and philosophical perspectives |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 11, 2013) |
Subject |
Astrophysics -- Philosophy
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Cosmology.
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cosmology.
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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Physique.
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Astronomie.
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Astrophysics -- Philosophy
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Cosmology
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9783319018874 |
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3319018876 |
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1306199670 |
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9781306199674 |
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3319018868 |
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9783319018867 |
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