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Cosmic Origins: Just Six Numbers - the deep forces that shape the universe
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Product Description
How was it that a single "genesis event" could create billions of galaxies, stars and planets? This audiobook demonstrates how just six numbers, imprinted in the Big Bang, determine the essential features of the physical cosmos.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2132831 in Books
- Published on: 2000-06-29
- Formats: Abridged, Audiobook
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 2
- Binding: Audio Cassette
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Sir Martin Rees is Royal Society Research Professor at Cambridge University, and holds the title of Astronomer Royal. Sir Martin Rees is Royal Society Research Professor at Cambridge University and Astronomer Royal.
Customer Reviews
Positively Cosmic
Although this book attempts to make the history of the universe accessable to all, it just fails. There is, unfortunately, just too much residual knowledge required to understand what the book actually says. It is still a good read for the uninitiated and a must for anyone with an interest in cosmology: it provides a suitable synopsis of current scientific thinking for both.
A factual voyage of fasciating science.
Professor Martin Rees narrates his own work in a truly mind blow manner, the information give in the first chapter is the foundation for the rest of the book and it is extremely interesting. If you have even just a passing interest in cosmology or astronomy then buy this as you will not regret it. The six number refered to in this book are the fundamental factor that underpin our current understanding of the formation and continuation of the Universe. This is much more detailed that Professor Stephen Hawking 'A brief history of time' which is a common starting ground for some cosmologists but this is better and in it audio form easier to absorb.
