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Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces that Shape the Universe

By Martin Rees

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
1999
ISBN
9780465036721, 0465036724
LCC
QB981 .R367 2000
Open Library ID
OL6805306M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14240683 bytes)
Pages
184\184
Time added
2010-10-13 10:14:08

Description

This is a rather balanced account about the stable or expanding universe or multiverse issue. Rees is the Royal Astronomer of England or something so he is a bit cautious about cosmological speculations, which is, i think, a good thing. It's upsetting when scientists go rambling all over the place about matters about which they have zero information. I thoroughly enjoyed his explanations about dark matter, the inflationary universe, gravity, and the mechanism of converting hydrogen to helium and deuterium. I had been reading about the importance of that but until Rees's explanation i didn't know why it was important or how it happened. In the end it would seem that we are almost unbelievably fortunate to be alive in This Universe. And i think that is a good message, "be thankful for the life you have, even if you don't understand it."

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