When the universe took a u-turn /
This book addresses some of the baffling questions encountered at the final frontier of space and time related to particle physics and cosmology in the context of recent iconoclastic observations and developments. When particle physics stagnated in the early seventies, a new development emerged - St...
| Основен автор: | Sidharth, B. G. 1948- |
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| Автор-организации: | World Scientific (Firm) |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. :
World Scientific Pub. Co.,
℗♭2010.
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Съдържание:
- 1. The Lord is subtle, but defies commonsense!
- 2. You can be younger than your grandson
- 3. God does not play dice, or does He? 3.1. The classical catastrophe. 3.2. Particles disguised as waves. 3.3. The paradox of reality
- 4. Time is running backwards isn't it? 4.1. Dealing with billions. 4.2. Time, the eternal enigma
- 5. On a collision course. 5.1. Bits of atoms. 5.2. Fundamental forces. 5.3. Quantum gravity. 5.4. Strings and loops. 5.5. A critique. 5.6. Smashing the atoms
- 6. Law without law. 6.1. The perfect universe. 6.2. The lawless universe
- 7. When the universe took a U turn. 7.1. The exploding universe. 7.2. Birth pangs of the universe. 7.3. The infant universe. 7.4. A dark mystery. 7.5. The U turn. 7.6. A darker mystery. 7.7. Other footprints. 7.8. A new dawn. 7.9. Blow out infinity.