Amedeo Balbi: The Music of the Big Bang

Cover: 9783642097492 | The Music of the Big Bang | Amedeo Balbi | Taschenbuch | Paperback

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Beschreibung

Ever since its infancy, humankind has been seeking answers to some very basic and profound questions. Did the Universe begin? If it did, how old is it, and where did it come from? What is its shape? What is it made of? Fascinating myths and brilliant in- itions attempting to solve such enigmas can be found all through the history of human thought. Every culture has its own legends, itsownworldcreationtales,itsphilosophicalspeculations,itsre- gious beliefs. Modern science, however, cannot content itself with fanciful explanations, no matter how suggestive they are. No- days, our theories about the Universe, built upon rational ded- tion, have to survive the hard test of experiment and observation. Cosmology, the science which studies the origin and evo- tion of the Universe, had to overcome enormous dif?culties before it could achieve the same level of dignity as other physical dis- plines. At ?rst, it had no serious physical model and mathematical tools that could be used to address the complexity of the problems it had to face. Then, it suffered from a chronic lack of experim- tal data, which made it almost impossible to test the theoretical speculations. Given this situation, answering rigorously the many questions on the nature of the Universe seemed nothing more than a delusion. Today, however, things have changed. We live in the golden age of cosmology: an exciting moment, when, for the ?rst time, we are able to scienti?cally understand our Universe.

Über den Autor

Amedeo Balbi is a researcher in cosmology at the Department of Physics of the University of Rome Tor Vergata. In the past, he worked at the University of California at Berkeley with George Smoot (Nobel Prize 2006 in Physics). Currently, he is involved in the preparation of ESA's forthcoming Planck satellite mission.

Zusammenfassung

Explains, in simple terms, the discovery and significance of the cosmic background radiation

Makes this vital window onto the early universe accessible to general readers

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Scenery.- Ancient Light.- Cosmic Seeds.- Music of the Spheres.- Finding Harmony.- The Undiscovered Country.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Fachbereich:	Astronomie
Genre:	Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Astronomers' Universe
Inhalt:	xvi 160 S. 41 s/w Illustr. 160 p. 41 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783642097492
ISBN-10:	3642097499
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Balbi, Amedeo
Auflage:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Hersteller:	Springer-Verlag GmbH Springer Berlin Heidelberg Astronomers' Universe
Maße:	235 x 155 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Amedeo Balbi
Erscheinungsdatum:	18.11.2010
Gewicht:	0,277 kg

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