With characteristic clarity, Simon Singh tells the centuries-long story of mankind's attempt to understand how the universe came to be, a story which itself begins some 14 billion years ago (give or take a billion years).
Tony Rothman offers a primer on the science of the big bang and the questions we still can’t answer about the origins of the universe.
Finally, Penzias mentioned to a colleague, Bernie Burke, the problems they were having with their giant antenna. Burke gave Penzias the key to the puzzle. He'd just heard from a friend of his, Ken Turner, who'd gone to a lecture by Jim ...
Introduces the concept of the big bang and the immensity of the universe in picture book format.
Our moon has no atmosphere. If ever there was a gaseous phase in the moon's history it has long since dispersed because the gravitational field on the moon is not strong enough to hold it. The earth does have an atmosphere however, ...
"This book is both a personal and a scientific tale of discovery.
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Bondi, H., and J. Gold, “The Steady-State Theory of the Expanding Universe,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 108 (July 1948), pp. 252–70. Burbidge ...
The pope had died and a newcomer, Clement IV, had ascended to the throne of St. Peter. The original name of that new pope was Guy de Foulques. With his sponsor's blessing, Bacon was able to proceed. Bacon first intended to write a brief ...
At the time he was conducting these seminars, there was considerable interest in both the big bang and steady state theories. The central problem in cosmology, in fact, was: Which of the two theories is correct?