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Beyond the Big Bang
Competing Scenarios for an Eternal Universe, The Frontiers Collection
ISBN/EAN: 9783540714224
Umbreit-Nr.: 1694846
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 680 S., 40 s/w Illustr., 40 Illustr.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 31.08.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
- Zusatztext
- The Big Bang model is now both theoretically and empirically well established, although it does not explain the mystery of the very beginning of our universe. Over recent years, however, new developments open up the exciting prospect of going "beyond" the Big Bang and even of finding a physical explanation for it. Surprisingly, the ancient idea of a past-eternal universe is being revived, but a variety of other fascinating new approaches -- from the Holographic Universe to Cosmic Natural Selection -- are also being pursued. This book provides an up-to-date overview of each of these competing scenarios with original contributions from the world's leading researchers in cosmology, who describe their own work and results in a manner understandable even to non-specialists. "The stellar line-up of contributors to this volume are working at the cutting edge of cosmological research, and are poised to take our understanding of the universe beyond the big bang into an even stranger realm." - Paul Davies. "This book provides a wonderful overview of current ideas on these ultimate cosmic questions, written by scientists working at the forefront of cosmological research."-- Alex Vilenkin.
- Autorenportrait
- Philosopher of science (Center for Philosophy and Foundations of Science, University of Gießen)Astronomy and physics editor of bild der wissenschaft, one of the largest/most influential monthly science magazines in GermanyMany contributions to cosmology and philosophy of science and natureFor book cover: Rudy Vaas, born 1966 in Stuttgart, Germany, is a philosopher of science, specializing in modern cosmology; he is also the physics and astronomy editor of the German science magazine "bild der wissenschaft". He has published numerous articles on quantum gravity, the origin and fate of the universe, the problems of space, time and the laws of nature, the anthropic principle, the multiverse and related topics. He is the author of several best-selling popular science books, dealing among other things with space-time anomalies and the life and work of Stephen Hawking.