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Springer The Little Book Of The Big Bang A Cosmic Primer 1999 Edition by Craig J. Hogan Foreword by M. Rees
"Hogan compresses the fifteen-billion-year history of the Universe into a pleasurable evening. In a very direct way he answers the questions everyone asks." -MARGARET GELLER HARVARD-SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS"This delightful little primer brings you right up to the cutting edge of modern cosmology." -GEORGE SMOOT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR COBE AND AUTHOR OF WRINKLES IN TIME"An excellent bridge by which the layperson can enter the domain of the Cosmos with understanding." -ROBERT WILLIAMS DIRECTOR SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE Table of contents : The Big Picture.- A Survey of Space and Time.- A Summary of Physics.- The Cosmic Expansion.- Cosmic Background Radiation.- Primordial Matter.- The Formation of Structure.- The Beginning.- The Future.