The Intelligible universe : an overview of the last thirteen billion years /

The Intelligible universe : an overview of the last thirteen billion years /

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This interesting book reviews WMAP's main results (2003) and discusses in detail how the accurate qualitative results for the "age" of the universe and the Hubble constant were anticipated in an article published five years before in Acta Cosmologica, Krakow. In the final chapter on &...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gonzalo, Julio A (Julio Antonio)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2008
Edition:2nd ed
Subjects:
Astrophysics
Cosmic background radiation
Cosmic physics
Cosmology
SCIENCE > Physics > Astrophysics
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Table of Contents:
  • Man and his universe
  • The importance of precision
  • Masses, distances and times in the universe
  • Relativistic cosmology
  • The fundamental physical forces in the universe
  • Cosmology and transcendence
  • The COBE project / John C. Mather
  • COBE observations of the early universe / George F. Smoot
  • Unexpected coincidence between decoupling and atom formation times
  • An amazing story: from cave man to the Apollo mission
  • From the Big Bang to the present
  • Astrophysical cosmology around year 2000 AC
  • The report of the WMAP's first year observation in the NY Times
  • Why not in China?
  • Tomas Aquinas and Roger Bacon
  • From Buridan and Oresme to Copernicus and Newton
  • The wisdom of God manifested in the works of creation
  • Cosmic numbers
  • Man and his universe
  • The importance of precision
  • Masses, distances and times in the universe
  • Relativistic cosmology
  • The fundamental physical forces in the universe
  • Cosmology and transcendence
  • The COBE project / John C. Mather
  • COBE observations of the early universe / George F. Smoot
  • Unexpected coincidence between decoupling and atom formation times
  • An amazing story: from cave man to the Apollo mission
  • From the Big Bang to the present
  • Astrophysical cosmology around year 2000 AC
  • The report of the WMAP's first year observation in the NY Times
  • Why not in China?
  • Tomas Aquinas and Roger Bacon
  • From Buridan and Oresme to Copernicus and Newton
  • The wisdom of God manifested in the works of creation
  • Cosmic numbers

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