Big Bang - Hardcover

Silk, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0716742462 ISBN 13: 9780716742463

Publisher: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

The Big Bang theory of the birth of the universe teaches that billions of years ago there was a hot, violent explosion of elementary particles and radiation. What do we know about this ultimate moment of creation, and how do we know it? This is an introduction to scientific cosmology, and the third edition of this book provides a sweeping account of events. New to this edition are: photographs and measurements from the Hubble Space Telescope, Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite and Infrared Space Observatory; new ideas in string and superstring theory; and ideas about black holes, worm holes, quantum foam and multiple universes.

About this title

About the Author:

Joseph Silk is the Head of Astrophysics and Savilian Professor of Astronomy in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford. Previously, he was a tenured professor at the University of California at Berkeley, where he researched theoretical astrophysics. He has received several awards for his contributions to astronomy, and is currently a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, and of the Royal Society, United Kingdom. He is the author of several books, including A Short History of the Universe, Cosmic Enigmas, and The Left Hand of Creation, written with John D. Barrow. He lives in Oxford, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0716742462
• ISBN 13: 9780716742463
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 480