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" The big bang never happened / "
Eric J. Lerner.
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BL
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989834
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b744204
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Lerner, Eric J.
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The big bang never happened /\ Eric J. Lerner.
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1st ed.
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New York :: Times Books/Random House,, ©1991.
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xiii, 466 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0812918533
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: 9780812918533
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-438) and index.
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| Contents
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pt. I. The cosmological debate. The big bang never happened -- A history of creation -- The rise of science -- The strange career of modern cosmology -- The spears of Odin -- The plasma -- pt. II. Implications. The endless of flow of time -- Matter -- Infinite in time and space -- Cosmos and society.
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Far-ranging and provocative, The Big Bang Never Happened is more than a critique of one of the primary theories of astronomy -- that the universe appeared out of nothingness in a single cataclysmic explosion ten to twenty billion years ago. Drawing on new discoveries in particle physics and thermodynamics as well as on readings in history and philosophy, Eric J. Lerner confronts the values behind the Big Bang theory: the belief that mathematical formulae are superior to empirical observation; that the universe is finite and decaying; and that it could only come into being through some outside force. With inspiring boldness and scientific rigor, he offers a brilliantly orchestrated argument that generates explosive intellectual debate.
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Big bang theory.
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Big bang theory.
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Universe.
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Big bang theory.
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Cosmologie.
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Urknall.
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| Dewey Classification
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523.1/8
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QB991.B54L47 1991
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US 2000rvk
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