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18%OFFMaurizio Gasperini - The Universe Before the Big Bang. Cosmology and String Theory.  - 9783540744191 - V9783540744191
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The Universe Before the Big Bang. Cosmology and String Theory.

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Description for The Universe Before the Big Bang. Cosmology and String Theory. Hardcover. The author of this book draws attention to ongoing and future observations that might reveal relics of an era before the big bang. In doing so, he provides an accessible introduction to the extraordinary new ideas of string cosmology. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 480.

Terms such as "expanding Universe", "big bang", and "initial singularity", are nowadays part of our common language. The idea that the Universe we observe today originated from an enormous explosion (big bang) is now well known and widely accepted, at all levels, in modern popular culture. But what happens to the Universe before the big bang? And would it make any sense at all to ask such a question? In fact, recent progress in theoretical physics, and in particular in String Theory, suggests answers to the above questions, providing us with mathematical tools able in principle to reconstruct the history ... Read more

In the emerging cosmological scenario the Universe, at the epoch of the big bang, instead of being a "new born baby" was actually a rather "aged" creature in the middle of its possibly infinitely enduring evolution. The aim of this book is to convey this picture in non-technical language accessibile also to non-specialists. The author, himself a leading cosmologist, draws attention to ongoing and future observations that might reveal relics of an era before the big bang.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
Series
Astronomers' Universe
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540744191
SKU
V9783540744191
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Ref
99-15

About Maurizio Gasperini
Maurizio Gasperini is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Physics Department of the University of Bari, Italy. He is the author of 150 publications on gravitational theory, high-energy physics, and cosmology, and has twice won an "Award for Essays on Gravitation" from the Gravity Research Foundation (1996 and 1998). His former posts include a permanent position in the Department of ... Read more

Reviews for The Universe Before the Big Bang. Cosmology and String Theory.
From the reviews: What happens to the big bang singularity within string theory? Did time have a beginning? These and other pre-eminent questions, whose implications go far beyond the boundaries of physics and even of science, lie at the forefront of today's research in theoretical particle physics and cosmology. Maurizio Gasperini succeeds in this book in drawing a ... Read more

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