The Bigger Bang

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-521-01273-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 196 g

Reihe: Canto

In the last few years, scientists have begun to answer some of the most fundamental questions about the origin and early evolution of the universe. In a fresh, engaging, and highly readable introduction to these ideas, James Lidsey deftly steers us along a journey back in time to the very origin of the universe. We are introduced to the fascinating ideas scientists are currently developing to explain what happened in the first billion, billion, billion, billionth of a second - the 'inflationary' epoch. Along the way we stop off to review the latest ideas on superstrings, parallel universes and the ultimate fate of our universe. Lucid analogies, clear and concise prose and straightforward language make this book a delight to read. It makes accessible to the general reader some of the most profound and complex ideas about the origin of our universe currently challenging the world's best scientists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lidsey, James E.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Galaxien und Sterne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The structure of the universe; 2. Why does the sun shine?; 3. The expansion of the universe; 4. Space, time and gravity; 5. Particles and forces; 6. Grand unification, higher dimensions and superstrings; 7. The Big Bang; 8. Beyond the Big Bang; 9. The inflating universe; 10. The eternal universe; 11. Black holes; 12. The birth of the universe.

Über Autor(innen)

Lidsey, James E.
James E. Lidsey is a Royal Society University Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. His research interests focus on the very early universe, especially inflation and the cosmological aspects of superstring theory. In 1998, he appeared in the Sunday Times "Hot 100" list of promising academics.