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Afterglow of Creation Marcus Chown

Afterglow of Creation By Marcus Chown

Afterglow of Creation by Marcus Chown


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This text examines scientific knowledge of the cosmic background radiation, the afterglow of the Big Bang in which the universe was born 15 billion years ago. It relates the search for the origins of the universe, beginning in the 1920s and culminating with the flight of the COBE satellite.

Afterglow of Creation Summary

Afterglow of Creation: From the Fireball to the Discovery of Cosmic Ripples by Marcus Chown

This is the story of the cosmic background radiation - the 'afterglow' of the Big Bang in which the Universe was born - and how it was discovered. Chown brilliantly weaves a tale of the search for the origins of the Universe, beginning in the 1920s and culminating with the flight of the COBE satellite and its crucial discovery.

Table of Contents

Part One: the toughest measurement in science; part two: the golden age of cosmology.

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GOR006394085
9780935702408
0935702407
Afterglow of Creation: From the Fireball to the Discovery of Cosmic Ripples by Marcus Chown
Used - Very Good
Hardback
University Science Books,U.S.
19960823
222
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