Exploring the Most Bizarre Ideas in Cosmology
E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Astronomers' Universe
ISBN: 978-3-319-10738-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Weird Universe
explains the bizarre, complicated terrain of modern cosmology for lay readers.
From exploring some of the strange consequences of the theories of special and general relativity, to probing time dilation and the twin and mother-and-baby “paradoxes” and the theory that the universe can be mathematically considered as a hologram, all of the latest findings and conjectures are clearly described in non-technical language. The development of quantum physics and the more recent developments of string and M-theory are looked at, in addition to several hypotheses that have not won wide acceptance from the scientific community, such as modified gravity. Enter the wonderfully weird world of these theories and gain a new appreciation for the latest findings in cosmological research.
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Popular/general
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Weitere Infos & Material
From Water World to Inflation.- Space, Time, Relativity and Other Things.- The Shape, Size, Age and Origin of the Universe.- Of Atoms, Quanta, Strings and Branes.- Observations and Ideas From Left Field.- Appendix.