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The Whole Shebang: A State of the Universe Report
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The Whole Shebang: A State of the Universe Report Paperback - 1998

by Timothy Ferris

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This enlightening, engaging look at the universe, the scientists who explore it, and the far-reaching implications of recent discoveries presents an "enjoyable and useful book, a heroic synthesis of cosmic knowledge today" ("The Wall Street Journal").

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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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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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THIS BOOK will summarize what we know about the cosmos and how we know it, and will speculate about the directions cosmology may take in the future.

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  • Title The Whole Shebang: A State of the Universe Report
  • Author Timothy Ferris
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
  • Publication date 1998-07-06
  • Features Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780684838618 / 0684838613
  • Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.41 x 5.57 x 0.99 in (21.36 x 14.15 x 2.51 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Cosmology
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96049768
  • Dewey Decimal Code 523.1

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Joel Achenbach The Washington Post Ferris...is a compassionate and clever guide...If there are more great discoveries to be made, Ferris would be someone you'd want around to explain them.

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  • New York Times, 07/19/1998, Page 28

About the author

Timothy Ferris is the bestselling author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way (winner of the American Institute of Physics Prize) and The Mind's Sky (named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times), among other books. An emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley, he lives in San Francisco.

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