Origins of the Universe
The Cosmic Microwave Background and the Search for Quantum Gravity
$29.91
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2020
Summary
Nearly 60 years ago, Nobel Prize-winners Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson stumbled across a mysterious hiss of faint radio static that was interfering with their observations. They had found the key to unravelling the story of the Big Bang and the origin of our universe.
That signal was the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the earliest light in the universe, released 379,000 years after the Big Bang. It contains secrets about what happened during the very first tiny increments of time…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785786426 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1785786423 |
| Author: | Keith Cooper |
| Publisher: | Icon Books |
| Imprint: | Icon Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 191g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Hot Science |
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About The Author
Keith Cooper
Keith Cooper is a freelance science journalist and editor, and author of The Contact Paradox: Challenging Assumptions in Our Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Bloomsbury Sigma). He is the Editor of Astronomy Now, and has edited the website Astrobiology Magazine.
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