| The Infinite Cosmos: Questions from the Frontiers of Cosmology Contributor(s): Silk, Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198505108 ISBN-13: 9780198505105 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $63.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: From time immemorial, poets and philosophers have looked in awe and wonder at the Universe. Such awe is shared by astrophysicists, too as they seek to understand its nature, and whether it has any limits. In he Infinite Cosmos, Joseph Silk, Savillian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University, cosmologist and well-known science writer, brings together the modern understanding of the Universe, its structure, its evolution, and its possible fate, combining the latest from theory and observation. The narrative is peppered with quotations from literature and philosophy, and reflects too on the process of scientific discovery and the implications of our discoveries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Cosmology |
| Dewey: 523.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.26" W x 9.5" (1.18 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From time immemorial, poets and philosophers have looked in awe and wonder at the Universe. Such awe is shared by astrophysicists, too as they seek to understand its nature, and whether it has any limits. In he Infinite Cosmos, Joseph Silk, Savillian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University, cosmologist and well-known science writer, brings together the modern understanding of the Universe, its structure, its evolution, and its possible fate, combining the latest from theory and observation. The narrative is peppered with quotations from literature and philosophy, and reflects too on the process of scientific discovery and the implications of our discoveries. |