| Description |
1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
List Of Figures; 1 Introduction; 2 Perspectives; 3 Principles; 4 Our neighbourhood; 5 The universe of galaxies; 6 The invisible cosmos; 7 Supermassive black holes and galaxy formation; 8 Clusters and clustering; 9 Space is nearly flat; 10 Dark energy and the runaway universe; 11 The panacea of cold dark matter; 12 Origins; 13 The seeds of structure; 14 Beyond the beginning; 15 Towards the infinite universe; 16 From time to time machines; 17 A brief moment in time; 18 Into the infinite future; 19 And so to God; 20 Where next?; Index |
| Summary |
In The Infinite Cosmos Joseph Silk guides the reader through the modern understanding of the cosmos, in a narrative that brings together the latest theory and observation and combines science with literary quotations to capture our growing understanding of the vastness and wonder of our Universe. - ;From time immemorial, poets and philosophers have looked in awe and wonder at the Universe. Such awe is shared by astrophysicists, too, as they seek to understand its nature, and whether it has any limits. In The Infinite Cosmos, Joseph Silk, Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University, co |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cosmology.
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cosmology.
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SCIENCE -- Cosmology.
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Cosmology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191523083 |
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0191523089 |
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1423767772 |
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9781423767770 |
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0198505108 |
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9780198505105 |
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