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Author Rothman, Tony, author.

Title A little book about the big bang / Tony Rothman.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022.
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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  523.18 ROT    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  523.18 ROTHMAN    Check Shelf
Description viii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Gravity, pumpkins, and cosmology -- A special theory -- General relativity, the basis of cosmology -- The expanding universe -- Cosmology's Rosetta Stone: the cosmic background radiation -- The primeval cauldron -- Dark universe -- Darker universe -- Galaxies exist and so do we -- The universal pipe organ -- The first blink: cosmic inflation -- To inflate or not to inflate -- Crunches and bounces -- Why quantum gravity? -- Multiverses and metaphysics.
Summary "Tony Rothman offers a primer on the science of the big bang and the questions we still can't answer about the origins of the universe. Enlisting thoughtful analogies and a step-by-step approach, Rothman guides readers through dark matter, dark energy, quantum gravity, and other topics at-and beyond-the cutting edge of cosmology"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Big bang theory.
Cosmology.
Quantum theory.
Dark energy (Astronomy)
Quantum Theory (DNLM)D011789
cosmology. (CStmoGRI)aat300054294
Big bang theory. (OCoLC)fst00831589
Cosmology. (OCoLC)fst00880600
Dark energy (Astronomy) (OCoLC)fst00887853
Quantum theory. (OCoLC)fst01085128
ISBN 9780674251847 hardcover
0674251849 hardcover
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