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Rather, i would be happy if a real historian of science would use this book as a starting point, and write an adequate history of the last thirty years of cosmological research. Marcus chowns account of this subject matter is a better bet for the lay reader. Written by american theoretical physicist and future nobel laureate steven weinberg, it introduces the wonders of cosmology and physics. Listen to first three minutes audiobook by steven weinberg.
The first three minutes summary the first three minutes. First edition of the nobel prizewinning physicists most wellknown book. It is not new, first appearing in 1977, and updated in 1993, but still very readable and not quite out of date, a scientific classic. It is an exhilarating journey that begins with the planck epoch the earliest period of time in the history of the universe and goes through einsteins theory of relativity, the hubble red shift, and the detection of the cosmic microwave background. Properties of some kinds of radiation 164 glossary 165. A modern view of the origin of the universe, and more on.
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