The big bang
| Main Author: | Silk, Joseph, 1942- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
W.H. Freeman,
[2001]
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| Physical Description: |
xv, 496 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-453) and index. Introduction to cosmology -- Origins of modern cosmology -- Observational cosmology -- Evidence for the Big Bang -- Cosmological models -- First millisecond -- Thermonuclear detonation of the universe -- Primeval fireball emerges -- Origin of the galaxies -- Evolution of the galaxies -- Theory of galaxy formation -- Giant clusters of galaxies -- Radio galaxies and quasars -- Formation of the stars -- Morphology of galaxies -- Origin of the heavy elements -- Into the infinite future -- Alternatives to the Big Bang. |
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| Physical Description: |
xv, 496 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-453) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0716738783 9780716738787 0716742462 9780716742463 |