The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos

Primack, Joel R. & Nancy Ellen Abrams

ISBN 10: 1594489149 / ISBN 13: 9781594489143

Editore: Riverhead Books, New York, 2006

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8vo, 386 pp.

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• Titolo: The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos
• Editore: Riverhead Books, New York
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1594489149
• ISBN 13: 9781594489143
• Rilegatura: hardcover
• Disegnatore: Illus. with photos
• Edizione: 1st.
• Condizione: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Science & Engineering

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Riassunto

Draws on recent advances in astronomy, physics, and cosmology to present a theory of how to understand the universe and the role of our own world, in an account that offers insight into the origins and evolutionary coherence of the universe as well as its spiritual significance. 60,000 first printing.

Informazioni sull?autore

Joel R. Primack, Ph.D., is an award-winning professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is one of the most respected researchers in his field. He was one of the principal originators and developers of the theory of Cold Dark Matter, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Nancy Ellen Abrams is an award-winning science philosopher, a writer, an artist, and a lawyer whose work has appeared in journals, magazines, and books.