The Universe
Subtitle: a challenge to the mind
By: Jacques Vanier
Publisher: Imperial College Press; Distributed by World Scientific Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; Hackensack, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9781848166028; 9781848166011
Subjects: General relativity (Physics); Space and time; Cosmology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 497-498) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Universe landscape; title: Space, time, motion; title: Conservatism and the Universe; title: There is light and we see!; title: A provocative theory : quantum physics and its use to improve our well being; title: Elementary particles and the atomic nucleus; title: Reflections on interactions, forces, acceleration, mass; title: Where does it all come from? Where is it going?; title: Some last reflections.