Infinite Cosmos Questions from the Frontiers of Cosmology

Name: Infinite Cosmos Questions from the Frontiers of Cosmology
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ISBN: 9780199533619

ISBN-10: 019953361X

ISBN-13: 9780199533619

Edition: 2008

Authors: Joseph Silk

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In The Infinite Cosmos Joseph Silk takes the reader on a tour of the universe, past, present, and future, showing how the very latest observations and theories are unlocking clues about its origin and structure: X-ray, radio, and high-energy views of the most distant reaches of the universe. Theories from the frontiers of current research seek to explain its structure from the first moments to the present day, and we are beginning to understand its extraordinary nature and possible fate. This is a story involving the visible and the invisible; subatomic particles and unusual forces; long ages of darkness and spectacular and violent events. It tells of supernovae, dark matter, dark energy,…

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List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/7/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Joseph Silk is Savilian Professor of Astronomy in the Department of Physics, University of Oxford.




Introduction



Perspectives



Principles



Our neighbourhood



The universe of galaxies



The invisible cosmos



Supermassive black holes and the birth of galaxies



Clusters and clustering



Space is nearly flat



Dark energy and the runaway universe



The panacea of cold dark matter



Origins



The seeds of structure



Beyond the beginning



Towards the infinite universe



From time to time machines



A brief moment in time



Into the infinite future



And so to God



Where next?


Index