ocm35990287, OCoLC, 2014-11-16, 961114s1997 nyua b 001 0 eng, 96049768, , , bnb, GB9767007, , , 60144845, , , 0684810204, 9780684810201, , , , , (OCoLC)35990287, , , (OCoLC)60144845, DLC, eng, DLC, YDXCP, BTCTA, UAB, UBC, UKV3G, BAKER, SXC, OCLCO, OCLCF, OCLCQ, , , QB981, .F38 1997, 0, 0, QB981, P2945, Ferris, Timothy,, 1, , The whole shebang :, a state-of-the-universe(s) report /, Timothy Ferris., 1, 4, New York :, Simon & Schuster,, 1997., , , New York :, Simon & Schuster,, 1997., 393 pages :, illustrations ;, 25 cm, , , rdacontent, text, txt, , , rdamedia, unmediated, n, , , rdacarrier, volume, nc, , , Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-352) and index., , , The shores of light ... in which th etenets of the standard big bang model are outlined -- The expansion of the universe ... in which the dynamic cosmos is depicted, and its prediction by Einstein and the unheralded Friedmann recounted -- The shape of space ... in which we explore the geometry of a finite but unbounded universe -- Blast from the past ... in which the physics of the big bang is related to the origin of chemical elements -- The black taj ... in which the riddle of dark matter is posed, and various suspects interrogated as to whether they might be it -- The large-scale structure of the universe ... in which we ask how it happens that the universe at large is so smooth, yet locally is so lumpy -- Cosmic evolution ... in which th ehistories of plantets, stars, galaxies, and the cosmos are scrutinized for signs of Darwinian evolution, and found not entirely wanting -- Symmetry and imperfection ... in which the universe is portrayed as a shattered mirror, and inified theory as a way to fit it back together -- The speed of space ... in which the inflationary hypothesis is set forth, its ability to oil the troubled waters of cosmological theorizing appraised, and its vision of a really big universe presented -- The origin of the universe(s) ... in which, like Achilles chasing the turtle in Zeno's paradox, we pursue but fail to snare the enigma of genesis -- Quantum weirdness ... in which the reader is asked to run a gauntlet of puzzling ideas, and is rewarded with a radical vision of the iniverse as composed not of many things but of one -- A place for us ... in which we living and (we think) thinking beings ask what we're doing here, and whether we would be around were things much different., 0, , Timothy Ferris begins The Whole Shebang with a succinct account of how we have come to know what we know about the universe. Then he explains the meaning behind the exciting new developments that have put cosmology in the headlines - including the discovery of planets orbiting stars other than our sun, glimpses through the Hubble Space Telescope of how the universe looked when it was only a fraction of its present age, and the detection of structure in relic radiation from the big bang that may hint at the mechanisms of genesis. Ferris provides a lucid, nontechnical overview of current research and a forecast of where cosmological theory is likely to go in the twenty-first century. A master analogist, he presents accessible explanations of relativity and quantum physics, "inflationary" models indicating that the universe is much larger than had been thought, and "string" theories that portray all matter as made of space. The centerpiece of The Whole Shebang is a visionary account of near-future science, in which light is shed on the possibility that our universe is one among many universes, each with different physical laws and differing prospects for the emergence of life., , , Cosmology., , 0, Ferris, Timothy., New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, Ã1997, Online version:, 0, 8, Whole shebang., (OCoLC)623010318, Baker & Taylor, BKTY, 25.00, 18.75, 0684810204, , , 0002891158, active, HELD BY AP$ - 1944 OTHER HOLDINGS, , , c, a, m, , , , a, , 00a523.1221, a35990287zDLCdURIhFulliLCCkDDCnSummarytContentsu20141112, a224560178zCLSbHARVARD UNIV, CABOT SCI LIBRhLess-than-full batchiLCCkDDCu20100715, a224661522zCLSbHARVARD UNIV, CABOT SCI LIBRhLess-than-full batchiLCCkDDCu20100726, a232481152zMCSbHARVARD UNIVhLess-than-full batchiLCCkDDCu20100630, a232522517zMCSbHARVARD UNIVhLess-than-full batchiLCCkDDCu20100713, a133644233zRBNbBROWN UNIVhFulliLCCu20100724, a242591724zHLSbHARVARD UNIV, HARVARD COL LIBRhLess-than-full batchiLCCkDDCu20100715, a708225839zN15bNEW YORK UNIV, GROUP BATCHLOADhFulliLCCkDDCu20110323, a369909354zUBYbBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20140813, a132656802zJTCbSHASTA PUB LIBRhPrepubiLCCkDDCu20100702, a154962224zAOWbAMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOC LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20100724, a275331962zSTFbSTANFORD UNIV LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20100701, a188637552zPAUbUNIV OF PENNSYLVANIAhFulliLCCkDDCu20100712, a685843922zYUSbYALE UNIV LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20101128, 1 aAU@b000012896535, 1 aNZ1b2867755, 1 aYDXCPb1313439, aZ0bAP$, QB981 .F38 1997
