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Available
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Publication
Bantam New Age (1989), Edition: First Printing, 302 pages
Description
What happened in the beginning, 15 billion years ago? Is the universe only one of its kind or are there others? Is it just a coincidence that life evolved on Earth? This book explores the chain of cosmic events that led to intelligent life on Earth. them, without concluding that at least 90% of the universe consists of so-called dark matter. The authors here aim to provide a readable account of the leading theories and latest advances in understanding the nature of dark matter, the controlling force in the dynamics structure and the eventual fate of the universe. Earth.
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LibraryThing member peterveen
A hopeful title by two of best popular science writers in the field.Published recently by ReAnimus Press with the banner reading "breathing life into great books" it actually is a book published in 1988 without any updates (and no index).I do not doubt that it was a great book at the time but a lot
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of new facts have become available since, which makes the book severely outdated in certain respects as is illustrated by frequent reference to the Hubble Space Mission still to come at that time. Nevertheless it still is a good introduction to anthropic cosmology. Also the it is an excellent introduction to the mystery of what dark matter might be. The book is certainly not outdated on this point as nearly 30 years later this still is a mystery Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
302 p.; 8.2 inches
ISBN
0553347403 / 9780553347401
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