Joseph Silk (, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxfor

Broschiertes Buch

The Infinite Cosmos

Questions from the frontiers of cosmology

Beschreibung

How big is the universe? Is it infinite? How did it begin and how might it end? Joseph Silk guides the reader through the frontiers of current research in cosmology, weaving together the latest theories and observations, and combining science with literary quotations and philosophical reflections on the vastness and wonder of our Universe.

Autor

Joseph Silk is Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford. He has published a number of books on cosmology for the general reader, including The Big Bang (W. H. Freeman), The Left Hand of Creation (with J. D. Barrow, published by Oxford University Press), and On the Shores of the Unknown (Cambridge University Press).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 129mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9780199533619
• ISBN-10: 019953361X
• Artikelnr.: 23252400