02231nam 2200601Ia 450 991045113560332120200520144314.01-281-86639-397866118663961-86094-521-X(CKB)1000000000336359(EBL)227149(OCoLC)57475743(SSID)ssj0000100035(PQKBManifestationID)11140550(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100035(PQKBWorkID)10020092(PQKB)11576673(MiAaPQ)EBC227149(WSP)0000P325(Au-PeEL)EBL227149(CaPaEBR)ebr10255891(CaONFJC)MIL186639(EXLCZ)99100000000033635920041125d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfter the beginning[electronic resource] a cosmic journey through space and time /Norman K. GlendenningSingapore ;Hackensack, N.J. World Scientific ;London Imperial College Press20041 online resource (227 p.)Includes index.1-86094-447-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIn 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.CosmologyAstronomyElectronic books.Cosmology.Astronomy.523.1523.12Glendenning Norman K461674MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451135603321After the beginning2187436UNINA