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9780465036738

Just Six Numbers The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe

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  • ISBN13:

    9780465036738

  • ISBN10:

    0465036732

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-05-03
  • Publisher: Basic Books

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Summary

The genesis of the universe elegantly explained in a simple theory based on just six numbers by one of the world's most renowned astrophysicists

Author Biography

Matrin Rees is a leading researcher on cosmic evolution, black holes, and galaxies. He has himself originated many key ideas, and brings a unique perspective to themes discussed in this book. He is currently a Royal Society Research Professor, and Great Britain’s Astronomer Royal. Through based in Cambridge University for most of his career, he travels extensively, and collaborates wit many colleagues in the U.S. and elsewhere. He is an enthusiast for international collaboration in research, and is a member of several foreign academies.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
The cosmos and the microworld
1(13)
Our cosmic habitat I: Planets, stars and life
14(13)
The large number N: gravity in the cosmos
27(18)
Stars, the periodic table, and ε
45(13)
Our cosmic habitat II: beyond our galaxy
58(22)
The fine-tuned expansion: dark matter and Ω
80(22)
The number λ: is cosmic expansion slowing or speeding?
102(13)
Primordial `ripples': the number Q
115(15)
Our cosmic habitat III: what lies beyond our horizon?
130(19)
Three dimensions (and more)
149(15)
Coincidence, providence - or multiverse?
164(16)
Notes 180(6)
Index 186

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