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Book

The book of universes : exploring the limits of the cosmos

Call Number

  • 523.1 B278.1 (CEN)

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Edition

1st American ed.

Publication Information

New York : W.W. Norton, 2011.

Physical Description

xiv, 354 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Summary

An unforgettable tour of the strange and wonderful universes that modern physics posits might-just might-be out there.

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.

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