How the Universe Got Its Spots Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space

Name: How the Universe Got Its Spots Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space
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ISBN: 9781400032723

ISBN-10: 1400032725

ISBN-13: 9781400032723

Edition: 2003 (Reprint)

Authors: Janna Levin

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Is the universe infinite or just really big? With this question, the gifted young cosmologist Janna Levin not only announces the central theme of her intriguing and controversial new book but establishes herself as one of the most direct and unorthodox voices in contemporary science. For even as she sets out to determine how big “really big” may be, Levin gives us an intimate look at the day-to-day life of a globe-trotting physicist, complete with jet lag and romantic disturbances. Nimbly synthesizing geometry, topology, chaos and string theories, Levin shows how the pattern of hot and cold spots left over from the big bang may one day reveal the size and shape of the cosmos. She does so…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/12/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface



Is the Universe Infinite or Is It Just Really Big?



Infinity



Newton, 300 Years, and Einstein



Special Relativity



General Relativity



Quantum Chance and Choice



Death and Black Holes



Life and the Big Bang



Beyond Einstein



Adventures in Flatland and Hyperspace



Topology: Links, Locks, Loops



Through the Looking Glass



Wonderland in 3D



Mirrors in the Sky



How the Universe Got Its Spots



The Ultimate Prediction



Scars of Creation



The Shape of Things to Come


Epilogue


Index