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Author Barrow, John D., 1952-2020

Title The book of universes : exploring the limits of the cosmos / John D. Barrow.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  523.1 BARROW    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  523.1 BAR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  523.1 B27B    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  523.1 BARROW    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  523.1 BAR    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  523.1 BARROW    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  523.1 BA    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description xiv, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-340) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary An unforgettable tour of the strange and wonderful universes that modern physics posits might-just might-be out there.
Subject Cosmology.
Physical laws.
Einstein field equations.
ISBN 9780393081213 (hbk.) : $26.95
0393081214 hardback
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