Beyond the galaxy
Subtitle: how humanity looked beyond our milky way and discovered the entire universe
By: Ethan Siegel, Lewis & Clark College, USA
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9789814667234; 9789814667166
Subjects: Astrophysics; Expanding universe; Astronomy; Cosmology
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: So far, so good: the universe at the start of the 20th century; title: A relatively different story: how Einstein's relativity revolutionized space, time and the universe; title: Beyond the Milky Way: a giant leap into an expanding universe; title: The great leap backwards: theories on where it all came from; title: An elementary story: how the stars gave life to the universe; title: All the way back: it started with a bang; title: What does it matter: why there's more matter than antimatter in the universe; title: Before the big bang: how the entire universe began; title: Dancing in the dark: dark matter and the great cosmic web; title: The ultimate end: dark energy and the fate of the universe; title: Past, present and future: all we know about all there is.