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Autore |
Glendenning Norman K |
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Titolo |
After the beginning [[electronic resource] ] : a cosmic journey through space and time / / Norman K. Glendenning |
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Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific |
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London, : Imperial College Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-86639-3 |
9786611866396 |
1-86094-521-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (227 p.) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cosmology |
Astronomy |
Univers |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; 1 - Island Universes; 2 - The Very Large and the Very Small; 3 - Big Bang; 4 - Elementary Particles - Fundamental Forces; 5 - The Primeval Fireball; 6 - Galaxy Clusters, Galaxies, and Stars; 7 - The Future Universe; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In a brilliant flash about fourteen billion years ago, time and matter were born in a single instant of creation. An immensely hot and dense universe began its rapid expansion everywhere, creating space where there was no space and time where there was no time. |
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