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Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.65.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.65.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.65.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.65.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Good. A nice copy with a tight and square binding. Text is clean and bright. Dark blue boards are very good. No dust jacket. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Good. A nice copy with a tight and square binding. Text is clean and bright. Boards are good but are lightly scuffed. No dust jacket. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. 9.70 X 6.50 X 1.10 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 313 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. Hint of light foxing top fore-edge. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. First Edition / First Printing. 2,4,6,8,9,7,5,3,1.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition in English. Translation by Storm Dunlop. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. First Edition in English, which includes the author's revisions and updates. Large 8vo. xvi,313pp. Hardcover. Book in near fine condition (corner bumped); dj very good plus (few short tears). ISBN 0195073703; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 313 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very good in a very good jacket light overall wear - no markings. Illustrated through-out. An academic approach.

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Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; xvi, 313 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm ; OCLC 30518337 ; ISBN 9780195073706, 0195073703 ; LCCN 94017572 ; LOC No QB981 .T86513 1995 ; blue cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Past Universes -- From the Milky Way to the Universe -- The Actors in the Drama: The Galaxies and the Space-Time Couple -- The Big Bang Today -- The History Book of the Universe -- The Invisible and the Fate of the Universe -- An Accidental or Necessary Universe? -- God and the Big Bang -- The Secret Melody -- Appendix A: Light and the Doppler Effect -- Appendix B: The Elasticity of the Space-Time Couple -- Appendix C: Black Holes -- Appendix D: The Uncertainty Principle in Quantum Mechanics -- Appendix E: The Cosmological Parameters and the Evolution of the Universe ; If the cosmos is vast, says astrophysicist Trinh Xuan Thuan, it is by no means silent. Nature, he writes, "delights in continuously sending us her notes of music." Like some far-off orchestra, it tantalizes us with fragments of a symphony, but the melody linking the bits and snatches of song is missing. The task of science is to unravel the secrets of that hidden melody, so that we can listen to the composition in all its glory. In The Secret Melody, Trinh Xuan Thuan examines our many attempts to capture the music of nature and hear the cosmic fugue. First, as prelude, he describes the many other cosmologies that preceded the modern Big Bang theory of creation--the magical universe of cavemen, the ancient Chinese idea of the universe (which Thuan compares to a gigantic bureaucracy), the mathematical universe introduced by Pythagoras, and the heliocentric universe of Copernicus--and he explores the work of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and other early scientists. He then describes in a clear, vivid, and poetic language our current understanding of the cosmos, painting a sharp picture of how modern astronomers study the universe, the equipment they use, the most prominent scientists, and the major discoveries. A mind-boggling portrait of the cosmos emerges in these pages. We read, for instance, of the incredible size of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, which is some 90,000 light-years in diameter, with several hundred billion stars orbiting its center. More amazing, we discover we live in a universe where stars, like human beings, are born, live, and die, leaving behind such strange and exotic objects as neutron stars and black holes; where time may expand and space may contract; and where billions of galaxies have sprung from a tiny primordial speck that was infinitely smaller than a hydrogen atom in a gigantic explosion, the Big Bang. And, of course, any examination of the origin and nature of the universe inevitably raises philosophical and religious questions, and Thuan examines these issues as well, presenting a provocative case for the anthropic principle (which argues that the universe has been fine-tuned to an extreme precision to produce living creatures with consciousness and intelligence) and illuminating the place of God in a Big Bang cosmology. Here then is an intriguing look at modern cosmology, blending up-to-the-minute descriptions of the forefront of astronomy with thoughtful reflections on science's possible impact on philosophical and religious belief. With many beautiful and informative illustrations, The Secret Melody is an enthralling look at our endless efforts to understand the cosmos and to hear the music of the stars. ; Trinh Xuan Thuan is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Virginia. The Secret Melody first appeared in France, where it was a major bestseller and where Thuan is widely known for his popular science books and television appearances. In fact, he has been sometimes called "the French Carl Sagan." ; FINE/FINE. Book.

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