| A Big Bang in a Little Room: The Quest to Create New Universes Contributor(s): Merali, Zeeya (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465065910 ISBN-13: 9780465065912 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $26.59 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Astrophysics - Science | Cosmology - Science | Astronomy |
| Dewey: 523.1 |
| LCCN: 2016036546 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (1.00 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An award-winning science writer takes us into the lab to answer some of life's biggest questions: How was the universe created? And could we create our own? What if you could become God, with the ability to build a whole new universe? As startling as it sounds, modern physics suggests that within the next two decades, scientists may be able to perform this seemingly divine feat-to concoct an entirely new baby universe, complete with its own physical laws, star systems, galaxies, and even intelligent life. A Big Bang in a Little Room takes the reader on a journey through the history of cosmology and unravels-particle by particle, theory by theory, and experiment by experiment-the ideas behind this provocative claim made by some of the most respected physicists alive today. Beyond simply explaining the science, A Big Bang in a Little Room also tells the story of the people who have been laboring for more than thirty years to make this seemingly impossible dream a reality. What has driven them to continue on what would seem, at first glance, to be a quixotic quest? This mind-boggling book reveals that we can nurse other worlds in the tiny confines of a lab, raising a daunting prospect: Was our universe, too, brought into existence by a daring creator? |