Genesis of the big bang / Ralph A. Alpher, Robert Herman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alpher, Ralph, 1921-2007.

Contributor:

Herman, Robert, 1914-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Big bang theory.

Physical Description:

viii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

The authors of this volume have been intimately connected with the conception of the Big Bang model since 1947. Following the late George Gamov's ideas in 1942 and more particularly in 1946 that the early universe was an appropriate site for the synthesis of the elements, they became deeply involved in the question of cosmic nucleosynthesis and particularly the synthesis of the light elements. In the course of this work they developed a general relativistic model of the expanding universe with physics folded in, which led in a progressive, logical sequence to our prediction of the existence of a present cosmic background radiation some seventeen years before the observation of such radiation was reported by Penzias and Wilson. They present a picture of what is now believed to be the state of knowledge about the evolution of the expanding universe and delineate the story of the development of the Big Bang model.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202) and index.

ISBN:

0195111826

OCLC:

43552399