Edition |
Updated edition ; (second edition paper). |
Description |
x, 203 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-195) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: The giant and the cow -- The expansion of the universe -- The cosmic microwave radiation background -- Recipe for a hot universe -- The first three minutes -- A historical diversion -- The first one-hundredth-second -- Epilogue: The prospect ahead -- Tables -- Glossary -- A mathematical supplement -- Afterword: Cosmology since 1977. |
Subject |
Cosmology.
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ISBN |
9780465024377 |
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0465024378 |
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