Weaving the universe : is modern cosmology discovered or invented? / Paul S. Wesson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wesson, Paul S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmology--History.

Cosmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Jersey ; London ; Singapore : World Scientific, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new book is a thorough but short review of the history and present status of ideas in cosmology. It is aimed at a broad audience, but will contain a few equations where needed to make the argument exact. The coverage of cosmological ideas will focus mainly on the period from the early 1900's when Einstein formulated relativity and when his colleague Sir Arthur Eddington was creating relativistic models of the universe. It ends with the completion of the Large Hadron Collider in late 2008, having surveyed modern ideas of particle physics and astrophysics. To organize the large body of

Contents:

Other Books by Paul S. Wesson; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 WEAVING THE WARP; Chapter 2 PUZZLES OF PHYSICS; Chapter 3 THE MEANING OF DIMENSIONS; Chapter 4 TIME AS AN ILLUSION; Chapter 5 THE NATURE OF MATTER; Chapter 6 SCIENCE AND RELIGION: IMMISCIBLE?; Chapter 7 WEAVING THE WEFT; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613144805

9781283144803

1283144808

9789814313957

9814313955

OCLC:

741492845