Beyond The Big Bang
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Endless Universe
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Author : Paul J. Steinhardt
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2007-05-29
Endless Universe written by Paul J. Steinhardt and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-29 with Science categories.
Two world-renowned scientists present an audacious new vision of the cosmos that “steals the thunder from the Big Bang theory.” —Wall Street Journal The Big Bang theory—widely regarded as the leading explanation for the origin of the universe—posits that space and time sprang into being about 14 billion years ago in a hot, expanding fireball of nearly infinite density. Over the last three decades the theory has been repeatedly revised to address such issues as how galaxies and stars first formed and why the expansion of the universe is speeding up today. Furthermore, an explanation has yet to be found for what caused the Big Bang in the first place. In Endless Universe, Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok, both distinguished theoretical physicists, present a bold new cosmology. Steinhardt and Turok “contend that what we think of as the moment of creation was simply part of an infinite cycle of titanic collisions between our universe and a parallel world” (Discover). They recount the remarkable developments in astronomy, particle physics, and superstring theory that form the basis for their groundbreaking “Cyclic Universe” theory. According to this theory, the Big Bang was not the beginning of time but the bridge to a past filled with endlessly repeating cycles of evolution, each accompanied by the creation of new matter and the formation of new galaxies, stars, and planets. Endless Universe provides answers to longstanding problems with the Big Bang model, while offering a provocative new view of both the past and the future of the cosmos. It is a “theory that could solve the cosmic mystery” (USA Today).
Beyond The Big Bang
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Author : Rüdiger Vaas
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-07-28
Beyond The Big Bang written by Rüdiger Vaas and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-28 with Science categories.
The Big Bang model is now both theoretically and empirically well established, although it does not explain the mystery of the very beginning of our universe. Over recent years, however, new developments open up the exciting prospect of going "beyond" the Big Bang and even of finding a physical explanation for it. Surprisingly, the ancient idea of a past-eternal universe is being revived, but a variety of other fascinating new approaches -- from the Holographic Universe to Cosmic Natural Selection -- are also being pursued. This book provides an up-to-date overview of each of these competing scenarios with original contributions from the world's leading researchers in cosmology, who describe their own work and results in a manner understandable even to non-specialists. "The stellar line-up of contributors to this volume are working at the cutting edge of cosmological research, and are poised to take our understanding of the universe beyond the big bang into an even stranger realm." - Paul Davies. "This book provides a wonderful overview of current ideas on these ultimate cosmic questions, written by scientists working at the forefront of cosmological research."-- Alex Vilenkin.
Beyond The Big Bang
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Author : Paul A. LaViolette
language : en
Publisher: Inner Traditions
Release Date : 1995
Beyond The Big Bang written by Paul A. LaViolette and has been published by Inner Traditions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Philosophy categories.
Beyond The Big Bang
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Author : Rüdiger Vaas
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-11-16
Beyond The Big Bang written by Rüdiger Vaas and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-16 with Science categories.
The Big Bang model is now both theoretically and empirically well established, although it does not explain the mystery of the very beginning of our universe. Over recent years, however, new developments open up the exciting prospect of going "beyond" the Big Bang and even of finding a physical explanation for it. Surprisingly, the ancient idea of a past-eternal universe is being revived, but a variety of other fascinating new approaches -- from the Holographic Universe to Cosmic Natural Selection -- are also being pursued. This book provides an up-to-date overview of each of these competing scenarios with original contributions from the world's leading researchers in cosmology, who describe their own work and results in a manner understandable even to non-specialists. "The stellar line-up of contributors to this volume are working at the cutting edge of cosmological research, and are poised to take our understanding of the universe beyond the big bang into an even stranger realm." - Paul Davies. "This book provides a wonderful overview of current ideas on these ultimate cosmic questions, written by scientists working at the forefront of cosmological research."-- Alex Vilenkin.
Progress In New Cosmologies
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Author : H.C. Arp
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-11-11
Progress In New Cosmologies written by H.C. Arp and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-11 with Science categories.
The Hidden Hypotheses Behind the Big Bang It is quite unavoidable that many philosophical a priori assumptions lurk behind the debate between supporters of the Big Bang and the anti-BB camp. The same battle has been waged in physics between the determinists and the opposing viewpoint. Therefore, by way of introduction to this symposium, I would like to discuss, albeit briefly, the many "hypotheses", essentially of a metaphysical nature, which are often used without being clearly stated. The first hypothesis is the idea that the Universe has some origin, or origins. Opposing this is the idea that the Universe is eternal, essentially without beginning, no matter how it might change-the old Platonic system, opposed by an Aristote lian view! Or Pope Pius XII or Abbe Lemaitre or Friedmann versus Einstein or Hoyle or Segal, etc. The second hypothesis is the need for a "minimum of hypotheses" -the sim plicity argument. One is expected to account for all the observations with a mini mum number of hypotheses or assumptions. In other words, the idea is to "save the phenomena", and this has been an imperative since the time of Plato and Aristotle. But numerous contradictions have arisen between the hypotheses and the facts. This has led some scientists to introduce additional entities, such as the cosmologi cal constant, dark matter, galaxy mergers, complicated geometries, and even a rest mass for the photon. Some of the proponents of the latter idea were Einstein, de Broglie, Findlay-Freundlich, and later Vigier and myself.
Endless Universe
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Author : Neil Turok
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 2006-08
Endless Universe written by Neil Turok and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08 with categories.
According to the Big Bang model, space and time sprang into being 15 billion years ago, in a hot expanding fireball of near-infinite density. As space expanded the fireball cooled and matter condensed to form the galaxies, stars and planets we see today. But this picture is incomplete. Why is the distribution of matter and radiation in the Universe so uniform? Why is space flat rather than curved, as Einstein's theory of general relativity suggests? Where did the seeds for forming galaxies arise from? And why is the expansion rate of the universe speeding up? To answer these questions, Steinhardt and Turok have proposed an alternative cosmology that turns cosmic history on its head and suggests that our universe is without beginning or end, eternally following a cycle of expansion and contraction mediated by the clashing of 'branes' or parallel universes.ENDLESS UNIVERSE chronicles the last thirty years of cosmology, the growing disatisfaction with the big bang model, the surprising discovery of dark energy and cosmic expansion, the development of M-Theory and the evolution of the new cyclical model. Finally, the authors ask how long we have until the next big crunch and explore if life can survive the collision of branes.
Beyond The Big Bang
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Author : Willem B. Drees
language : en
Publisher: Open Court Publishing
Release Date : 1990
Beyond The Big Bang written by Willem B. Drees and has been published by Open Court Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Religion categories.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Groningen). Includes bibliographical references: (p. [291]-316) and index.
Before The Big Bang
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Author : Laura Mersini-Houghton
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2022-07-19
Before The Big Bang written by Laura Mersini-Houghton and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-19 with Science categories.
"A riveting tour of the cosmos from one of the brightest minds in astrophysics." —The Washington Post A revolutionary new account of our universe’s creation—and a breathtaking exploration of the landscape from which we sprang—from one of the world’s most celebrated cosmologists What came before the Big Bang, and what exists outside of the universe it created? Until recently, scientists could only guess at what lay past the edge of space-time. However, as pioneering theoretical physicist Laura Mersini-Houghton explains, new scientific tools are now giving us the ability to peer beyond the limits of our universe and to test our theories about what is there. And what we are finding is upending everything we thought we knew about the cosmos and our place in it. Mersini-Houghton is no stranger to boundaries—or to pushing through them. As a child growing up in Communist Albania, she discovered a universe beyond her walled-off world through the study of math and science, and through music. As a female cosmologist in a male-dominated field, she transcended the limits that society and her profession tried to place on her. And as a trailblazing researcher, she helped to revolutionize the study of our universe by revealing that, far from living in a cosmic Albania, with a world that ends at its borders, we are part of a larger family of universes—a multiverse—that holds wonders we are only beginning to unlock. Mersini-Houghton’s groundbreaking research suggests that we sit in a quantum landscape whose peaks and valleys hide a multitude of other universes, and even hold the secret to the origins of existence itself. Recent evidence has revealed the signatures of such sibling universes in our own night sky, confirming Mersini-Houghton’s theoretical work and offering humbling evidence that our universe is just one member of an unending cosmic family. The incredible scientific saga of one woman’s mind-expanding journey through the multiverse, Before the Big Bang will reshape our understanding of humanity’s place in the unfathomable vastness of the cosmos.
Elementary Cosmology
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Author : James J Kolata
language : en
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Release Date : 2015-12-01
Elementary Cosmology written by James J Kolata and has been published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-01 with Nature categories.
Cosmology is the study of the origin, size, and evolution of the entire universe. Every culture has developed a cosmology, whether it be based on religious, philosophical, or scientific principles. In this book, the evolution of the scientific understanding of the Universe in Western tradition is traced from the early Greek philosophers to the most modern 21st century view. After a brief introduction to the concept of the scientific method, the first part of the book describes the way in which detailed observations of the Universe, first with the naked eye and later with increasingly complex modern instruments, ultimately led to the development of the "Big Bang" theory. The second part of the book traces the evolution of the Big Bang including the very recent observation that the expansion of the Universe is itself accelerating with time.
Beyond Einstein From The Big Bang To Black Holes
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Author : Independently Published
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-10-18
Beyond Einstein From The Big Bang To Black Holes written by Independently Published and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-18 with categories.
AbstractHow did the Universe begin? Does time have a beginning and an end? Does space have edges? Einstein's theory of relativity replied to these ancient questions with three startling predictions: that the Universe is expanding from a Big Bang; that black holes so distort space and time that time stops at their edges; and that a dark energy could be pulling space apart, sending galaxies forever beyond the edge of the visible Universe. Observations confirm these remarkable predictions, the last finding only four years ago. Yet Einstein's legacy is incomplete. His theory raises - but cannot answer - three profound questions: What powered the Big Bang? What happens to space, time and matter at the edge of a black hole? and, What is the mysterious dark energy pulling the Universe apart? The Beyond Einstein program within NASA's office of space science aims to answer these questions, employing a series of missions linked by powerful new technologies and complementary approaches to shared science goals. The program also serves as a potent force with which to enhance science education and science literacy.