The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report
by Ferris, Timothy
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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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- Title
- The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report
- Author
- Ferris, Timothy
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
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- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0684838613
- ISBN 13
- 9780684838618
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
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