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" The inflationary universe : "
Alan H. Guth ; with a foreword by Alan Lightman
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BL
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581465
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b410684
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| Main Entry
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Guth, Alan H
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| Title & Author
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The inflationary universe : : the quest for a new theory of cosmic origins /\ Alan H. Guth ; with a foreword by Alan Lightman
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| Publication Statement
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Reading, Mass. :: Perseus Books,, c1997
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| Series Statement
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Helix Books
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xv, 358 p. :: ill., ports. ;; 24 cm
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0201328402 (pbk.)
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: 9780201328400 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-324) and index
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| Contents
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The ultimate free lunch -- Ths cosmic vista from Ithaca, New York -- The birth of modern cosmology -- Echoes of a scorching past -- Condensation of the primordial soup -- Matters of matter and antimatter -- The particle physics revoltion of the 1970s -- Grand unified theories -- Compatting the magnetic monopole menace -- The inflationary universe -- The aftermath discovery -- The new inflationary universe -- Wrinkles on a smooth background -- Observational clues from deep below and far beyond -- The eternally existing, self-reproducing inflationary universe -- Wormholes and the creation of universes in the laboratory -- A universe ex nihilo -- Appendix A: Gravitational energy -- Appendix B: Newton and the infinite static universe -- Appendix C: Blackbody radiation -- Appendix D: Units and measures
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Inflationary universe
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523.18
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QB991.I54G88 1997b
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