The whole shebang: A state of the universe(s) report
Ferris, T. (1997). The whole shebang: A state of the universe(s) report. Simon & Schuster: New York. ISBN 0-684-81020-4. 393 pp.
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VLIZ: Geology and geophysics [103383]
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From the prizewinning author who has been called "the greatest science writer in the world" comes this delightfully comprehensive and comprehensible report on how science today envisions the universe as a whole. Timothy Ferris provides a clear, elegantly written overview of current research and a forecast of where cosmological theory is likely to go in the twenty-first century. He explores the questions that have occurred to even casual readers -- who are curious about nature on the largest scales: What does it mean to say that the universe is "expanding," or that space is "curved"? -- and sheds light on the possibility that our universe is only one among many universes, each with its own physical laws and prospects for the emergence of life. |
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