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After the beginning : a cosmic journey through space and time / Norman K. Glendenning.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glendenning, Norman K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology.
- Astronomy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Cosmic journey through space and time
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific ; London : Imperial College Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a brilliant flash about fourteen billion years ago, time and matter were born in a single instant of creation. An immensely hot and dense universe began its rapid expansion everywhere, creating space where there was no space and time where there was no time.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; 1 - Island Universes; 2 - The Very Large and the Very Small; 3 - Big Bang; 4 - Elementary Particles - Fundamental Forces; 5 - The Primeval Fireball; 6 - Galaxy Clusters, Galaxies, and Stars; 7 - The Future Universe; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611866396
- 9781281866394
- 1281866393
- 9781860945212
- 186094521X
- OCLC:
- 57475743
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