宇宙起源The Origins of the Universe for Dummies
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作者： Stephen Pincock著
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出版时间： 2007-10-1字数：版次： 1页数： 322印刷时间： 2007/10/01开本： 16开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780470516065包装： 平装内容简介
Want to discover the physical origin of the universe, but don't have the restof eternity to read up on it? Want to know what scientists have found outabout where you and your planet came from, but without the scienceblinding you? Most people do" It's a deep part of human nature. Who betterthan For Dummies to tackle the biggest, strangest, and most wonderfulquestion of themall?
Stephen Pincock writes about science for The Financial Times. He waspreviously a science and medicine editor at Reuters. He has written regularlyfor the British Medical Journal, The Lancet, and The Scientist. Mark Frary is afreelance journalist whose work appears regularly in The Times and manyother publications.
目录
Introduction
Part l: In the Beginning: Early IdeasAbout Our Universe
Chapter 1: Exploring the Early Universe
Chapter 2: Looking Up at the Stars: Early Beliefs
Chapter 3: The Apple Drops: Newton, Gravity, and the Rotation of the Planets .
Part II: Modern Cosmology: Going Off with a Bang
Chapter 4: Bending the Universe: Magnets and Gravity
Chapter 5: Measuring the Universe
Chapter 6: Cooking Up a Big Bang
Chapter 7: Letting It Rise: Expanding and Inflating the Universe
Chapter 8: Thinking Differently About the Universe
Part III: Building your Own Universe 1
Chapter 9: Building Things from Scratch
Chapter 10: Forcing the Pace: The Roles of Natural Forces in the Universe
Chapter 11: Shedding Light on Dark Matter and Pinging Strings
Chapter 12: Playing with the Universe's Chemistry Set
Chapter 13: Making Stars, Solar Systems, Galaxies, and More
Chapter 14: Giving Birth to Life
Chapter 15: Travelling Through Time
Part IV: Asking the Tough Questions
Chapter 16: Explaining the Unexplainable
Chapter 17: Finding Life Elsewhere
Chapter 18: Coming to an End
Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 19: Ten Different Beliefs about the Origins of the Universe
Chapter 20: Ten Greatest Cosmological Advances
Appendix:Units andUnderstanding Scientific
Unations and Equations
Index
