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THE INFINITE COSMOS
QUESTIONS FROM THE FRONTIERS OF COSMOLOGY |
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Joseph Silk |
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Hardback |
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£56.00 |
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£49.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0198505108 |
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9780198505105 |
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Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
9 February, 2006 |
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256 |
Description: |
In The Infinite Cosmos Joseph Silk guides the reader through the modern understanding of the cosmos, in a narrative that brings together the latest theory and observation and combines science with literary quotations to capture our growing understanding of the vastness and wonder of our Universe. |
Synopsis: |
From time immemorial, poets and philosophers have looked in awe and wonder at the Universe. Such awe is shared by astrophysicists, too, as they seek to understand its nature, and whether it has any limits. In The Infinite Cosmos, Joseph Silk, Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University, cosmologist and well-known science writer, brings together the modern understanding of the Universe, its structure, its evolution, and its possible fate, combining the latest from theory and observation. The narrative is peppered with quotations from literature and philosophy, and reflects, too, on the process of scientific discovery, and the implications of our discoveries. |
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Numerous line drawings |
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UK |
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Oxford University Press |
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