LEADER 02248nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910784015103321 005 20230617004907.0 010 $a1-281-86639-3 010 $a9786611866396 010 $a1-86094-521-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000336359 035 $a(EBL)227149 035 $a(OCoLC)57475743 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000100035 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140550 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100035 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10020092 035 $a(PQKB)11576673 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC227149 035 $a(WSP)0000P325 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL227149 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10255891 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL186639 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000336359 100 $a20041125d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfter the beginning$b[electronic resource] $ea cosmic journey through space and time /$fNorman K. Glendenning 210 $aSingapore ;$aHackensack, N.J. $cWorld Scientific ;$aLondon $cImperial College Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (227 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-86094-447-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aCosmology 606 $aAstronomy 607 $aUnivers 615 0$aCosmology. 615 0$aAstronomy. 676 $a523.1 676 $a523.12 686 $a39.30$2bcl 700 $aGlendenning$b Norman K$0461674 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784015103321 996 $aAfter the beginning$93797121 997 $aUNINA