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Whole shebang : a state-of-the-universe report

This elegant and rational overview of the science of cosmology explores the views of scientists and philosophers past and present, while also projecting future possibilities.

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  • "This enlightening, engaging look at the universe, the scientists who explore it, and the far-reaching implications of recent discoveries presents an "enjoyable and useful book, a heroic synthesis of cosmic knowledge today" ("The Wall Street Journal")."
  • "This elegant and rational overview of the science of cosmology explores the views of scientists and philosophers past and present, while also projecting future possibilities."@en
  • "A non-technical account of recent astronomical research makes all that is known about the universe accessible to the average reader, in a study that integrates scientific personalities with hard facts, vivid explanations, and authoritative speculation."@en
  • "Timothy Ferris begins The Whole Shebang with a succinct account of how we have come to know what we know about the universe. Then he explains the meaning behind the exciting new developments that have put cosmology in the headlines - including the discovery of planets orbiting stars other than our sun, glimpses through the Hubble Space Telescope of how the universe looked when it was only a fraction of its present age, and the detection of structure in relic radiation from the big bang that may hint at the mechanisms of genesis. Ferris provides a lucid, nontechnical overview of current research and a forecast of where cosmological theory is likely to go in the twenty-first century. A master analogist, he presents accessible explanations of relativity and quantum physics, "inflationary" models indicating that the universe is much larger than had been thought, and "string" theories that portray all matter as made of space. The centerpiece of The Whole Shebang is a visionary account of near-future science, in which light is shed on the possibility that our universe is one among many universes, each with different physical laws and differing prospects for the emergence of life."
  • "Timothy Ferris begins The Whole Shebang with a succinct account of how we have come to know what we know about the universe. Then he explains the meaning behind the exciting new developments that have put cosmology in the headlines - including the discovery of planets orbiting stars other than our sun, glimpses through the Hubble Space Telescope of how the universe looked when it was only a fraction of its present age, and the detection of structure in relic radiation from the big bang that may hint at the mechanisms of genesis. Ferris provides a lucid, nontechnical overview of current research and a forecast of where cosmological theory is likely to go in the twenty-first century. A master analogist, he presents accessible explanations of relativity and quantum physics, "inflationary" models indicating that the universe is much larger than had been thought, and "string" theories that portray all matter as made of space. The centerpiece of The Whole Shebang is a visionary account of near-future science, in which light is shed on the possibility that our universe is one among many universes, each with different physical laws and differing prospects for the emergence of life."@en

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  • "Populárně-naučné publikace"

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  • "Whole shebang : a state-of-the-universe report"@en
  • "The Whole Shebang"@en
  • "Informe sobre el universo"@es
  • "Informe sobre el universo"
  • "ha-Yeḳum ṿe-khol asher bo : din ṿe-ḥeshbon ʻal matsav ha-yeḳu(mi)m"
  • "Zpráva o stavu vesmíru"
  • "The whole shebang : a state-of-the-universe(s) report"@en
  • "The whole shebang : a state-of-the-universe(s) report"
  • "The Whole Shebang : a state-of-the-Universe(s) Report"
  • "The Whole shebang : a state-of-the-universe(s) report"
  • "The whole shebang : a state of the universe report"@en
  • "The whole shebang a state-of-the-universe(s) report"@en
  • "The whole shebang : a state-of-the- universe(s) report"

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