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The Infinite Cosmos: Questions from the Frontiers of Cosmology

By Joseph Silk

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0198505108, 9780198505105
Open Library ID
OL22131992M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3802268 bytes)
Pages
257\257
Time added
2011-01-06 10:13:16

Description

From time immemorial, poets and philosophers have looked in awe and wonder at the Universe. Such awe is shared by astrophysicists, too as they seek to understand its nature, and whether it has any limits. In he Infinite Cosmos, Joseph Silk, Savillian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University, cosmologist and well-known science writer, brings together the modern understanding of the Universe, its structure, its evolution, and its possible fate, combining the latest from theory and observation. The narrative is peppered with quotations from literature and philosophy, and reflects too on the process of scientific discovery and the implications of our discoveries.

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