02248nam 2200613Ia 450 991078401510332120230617004907.01-281-86639-397866118663961-86094-521-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.CosmologyAstronomyUniversCosmology.Astronomy.523.1523.1239.30bclGlendenning Norman K461674MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784015103321After the beginning3797121UNINA