Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe - Hardcover

Singh, Simon

 
9780007162208: Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0007162200 ISBN 13: 9780007162208
Verlag: Harper, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

We've all heard of the Big Bang, and yet few of us truly know what it is.

Renowned for making difficult ideas much less difficult than they might first appear, Simon Singh is our perfect guide to explaining why cosmologists believe that the Big Bang is an accurate description of the origin and evolution of the universe.

This highly readable and entertaining book tells the story of the many brilliant, often eccentric scientists who fought against the establishment idea of an eternal and unchanging cosmos. From such early Greek cosmologists as Anaximander to recent satellite measurements taken deep in space, Big Bang is a narrative full of anecdotes and personal histories. With characteristic clarity, Simon Singh tells the centuries-long story of mankind's attempt to understand how the universe came to be, a story which itself begins some 14 billion years ago (give or take a billion years). Simon Singh shows us that it is within the capability of all of us -- in his expert hands -- to understand the Big Bang: the fundamental theory in all of science, and a high point -- perhaps the high point -- of human achievement.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Simon Singh received his Ph.D. in particle physics from the University of Cambridge. A former BBC producer, he directed the BAFTA Award-winning documentary film Fermat's Last Theorem and wrote Fermat's Enigma, the best-selling book on the same subject. His best seller The Code Book was the basis for the BBC series The Science of Secrecy.

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Verlag
Harper
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0007162200
ISBN 13 
9780007162208
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
544
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