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" The wraparound universe / "
Jean-Pierre Luminet ; translated by Eric Novak
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BL
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695905
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b518094
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| Uniform Title
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Univers chiffonné.English
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| Main Entry
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Luminet, Jean-Pierre
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The wraparound universe /\ Jean-Pierre Luminet ; translated by Eric Novak
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| Publication Statement
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Wellesley, Mass. :: A.K. Peters,, c2008
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xii, 316 p., [8] p. of plates :: ill. (some col.) ;; 24 cm
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1568813090 (alk. paper)
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: 9781568813097 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-310) and indexes
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| Contents
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The shape of space -- The universal mollusk -- The size of space -- The hall of mirrors -- The four scales of geometry -- Absolute or relative space? -- Celestial mirages -- Black hole -- Foam, strings, and loops -- From relativity to the big bang -- What is the curvature of the universe? -- Open or closed? -- The knowledge of places -- From the cylinder to the pretzel -- Fascinating shapes -- Topology and relativity -- Small, strange universes -- Topological mirage -- Hunting for ghosts -- Midnight suns -- Cosmic crystallography -- Circles in the sky -- Inflation, the infinite, and the folds -- Maya -- Folds in the universe -- A brief history of space -- The edge paradox -- The dark night paradox -- Non-Euclidean geometries -- Cosmos and logos -- Cosmic questions -- Expansion and the infinite -- Galaxies in flight -- The rate of expansion -- The age of the universe -- Astronomical distances -- Cosmic mathematics -- Cosmic repulsion -- Dark matter -- The cosmic microwave background -- Is the universe flat? -- Symmetry -- Polyhedra -- The classification of surfaces -- The classification of three-dimensional spaces -- Topos and cosmos -- Afterword: Listening to the cosmic drum
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Cosmology
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523.1
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QB981.L913 2008
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