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9780750307659

Origins: The Quest for Our Cosmic Roots

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  • ISBN13:

    9780750307659

  • ISBN10:

    075030765X

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2002-12-06
  • Publisher: CRC Press

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Summary

Origins considers the fundamental questions: how did the universe begin and how did it come to be structured? How did solar systems form? How did life begin? In addressing these problems, Tom Yulsman will take the reader on a voyage from the very edge of the universe, where scientists seek clues to the origin of space and time, to the depths of the oceans and even deep within the Earth's crust itself. Beyond simply exploring the frontiers of physical science, Yulsman also tells the tale of the people behind it, their varied and often compelling stories and their adventures of discovery.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
PART 1
Prologue A universe from nothing?
3(9)
Spacetime The Cosmic Stage
12(26)
Cosmic Casino The Realm of the Quantum
38(22)
Hot Big Bang Producing the Primordial Soup
60(27)
Inflating the Universe It Takes GUTs
87(21)
The Galactic Cobweb and the Multiverse
108(32)
Paradigm Shift Inflation Checks Out
140(25)
Before Inflation The Pea, the Brane, & the Search for the Ultimate Beginning
165(43)
PART 2
Prologue Fossils from Space
187(21)
Interstellar Ecology Cycles of Birth, Death and Rebirth
208(36)
A Star is Born Prelude to Planets
244(24)
Solar Systems From Rococo Clockwork to Extrasolar Planets
268(20)
Pebbles to Planets The Origin of the Solar System
288(26)
To Life The Organic Soup Kitchen
314(30)
Afterword Cosmology and Environmentalism 344(4)
Notes 348(25)
Index 373

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