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" Brave new universe : "
Paul Halpern and Paul Wesson
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BL
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626909
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Halpern, Paul,1961-
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Brave new universe : : illuminating the darkest secrets of the cosmos /\ Paul Halpern and Paul Wesson
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Washington, D.C. :: Joseph Henry Press,, c2006
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viii, 264 p., [8] p. of plates :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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0309101379 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 9780309101370
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-248) and index
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To see the world in a grain of sand: what we can observe from Earth -- Infinity in the palm of your hand: Einstein's far-reaching vision -- Eternity in an hour: the accelerating universe -- Darkness apparent: the hidden stuff of the cosmos -- Ever-changing moods: did nature's constants evolve? -- Escape clause: circumventing the Big Bang singularity -- What is real?
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Featuring interviews with leaders in the field as well as thought-provoking descriptions of their work, this is a guided tour of current advances and controversies in cosmology, covering relativity, quantum mechanics, string theory, extra dimensions, dark matter, and dark energy, --From publisher description.
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Cosmology
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523.1
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QB981.H248 2006
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Wesson, Paul S
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