| Description |
xvii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. From big bang to biospheres -- 1. Planets and stars -- 2. Life and intelligence -- 3. Atoms, stars and galaxies -- 4. Extragalactic perspective -- 5. Pregalactic history -- 6. Black holes and time machines -- pt. 2. The beginning and the end -- 7. Deceleration or acceleration? -- 8. The long-range future -- 9. How things began : the first millisecond -- pt. 3. Fundamentals and conjectures -- 10. Cosmos and microworld -- 11. Laws and bylaws in the multiverse. |
| Subject |
Cosmology.
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| ISBN |
0691089264 cloth alkaline paper |
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