The book of universes : exploring the limits of the cosmos / John D. Barrow.
An unforgettable tour of the strange and wonderful universes that modern physics posits might-just might-be out there.
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Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton,
2011.
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Edition: | First American edition. |
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Physical Description: | xiv, 354 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm |
Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Being in the right place at the right time
- The earnestness of being important
- Einstein's universes
- Unexpected universes : the Rococo period
- Something completely different
- The steady statesmen come and go with a bang
- Universes, warts and all
- The beginning for beginners
- Brave new worlds
- Post-modern universes
- Fringe universes
- The runaway universe.