Wrinkles in Time - The Imprint of Creation

George Smoot; Keay Davidson

ISBN 10: 0316905089 / ISBN 13: 9780316905084

Editore: Little, Brown Book Group Limited, 1993

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Behold the Handwriting of GodAstrophysicist and adventurer George Smoot spent twenty years pursuing the "holy grail of science" -- a relentless hunt that led him from the rain forests of Brazil to the frozen wastes of Antarctica. For decades he persevered -- struggling against time, the elements, the forces of ignorance and bureaucratic insanity. And finally, on April 23, 1992, he made a startling announcement that would usher in a new scientific age. For George Smoot and his dedicated team of Berkeley researchers had proven the unprovable -- uncovering, inarguably and for all time, the secrets of the creation of the Universe. 1993. First UK edition. A very good copy with age tanning to the text block and light edge rubbing. The d/w is unclipped and also very good.

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• Titolo: Wrinkles in Time - The Imprint of Creation
• Editore: Little, Brown Book Group Limited
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0316905089
• ISBN 13: 9780316905084
• Rilegatura: HARDCOVER
• Disegnatore: Illustrated

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In April 1992 astrophysicist George Smoot announced how he and his team of scientists had found "ripples in the fabric of space-time" that were made in the first trillionth of a second after the cataclysmic moment of creation. Their discovery of the ripples was central to the Big Bang Theory, which explains why the universe did not remain uniformly smooth, but became the "lumpy" universe of today, filled with stars, planets and galaxies. By the summer of 1991 Smoot's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite had discovered the tiny ripples that had been put there by the primeval explosion process. Shaped by the force of gravity, the smaller of these ripples have grown into galaxies and the great voids in space. This is Smoot's account of his discovery of the driving mechanism of the universe, a discovery which will stimulate debate for years to come.

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RO80205411. WRINKLES IN TIME. 1993. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 331 pages. Nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon