The Inflationary Universe

The Inflationary Universe The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins

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Publisher's Synopsis

This classic Big Bang text neatly describes what happened after the bang. Yet, until recently, particle physicists and cosmologists were stuck on many questions that the Big Bang Theory still couldn't answer, primarily: If matter can neither be created nor destroyed, how could so much matter arise from nothing at all? Alan Guth's Inflationary Universe Theory answers these vexing questions. When NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer satellite measured the non-uniformities of the cosmic background radiation for the first time in 1992, the patterns agreed exquisitely with the theory's predictions.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780099959502
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Vintage
Pub date:
DEWEY: 523.18
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 358
Weight: 270g
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 24mm