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The Inflationary Universe

The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins

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This classic Big Bang text neatly describes what happened after the bang. Yet, until recently, particle physicists and cosmologists were stuck on many questions that the Big Bang Theory still couldn't answer, primarily: If matter can neither be created nor destroyed, how could so much matter arise from nothing at all? Alan Guth's Inflationary Universe Theory answers these vexing questions. When NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer satellite measured the non-uniformities of the cosmic background radiation for the first time in 1992, the patterns agreed exquisitely with the theory's predictions.

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The Inflationary Universe, Alan Lightman, Alan H. Guth

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1997
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Title
The Inflationary Universe
Subtitle
The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins
Language
English
Publisher
Basic Books
Released
1997
Format
Hardcover
Pages
358
ISBN10
0201149427
ISBN13
9780201149425
Series
Original title
The inflationary universe
Rating
4.15 out of 5
Description
This classic Big Bang text neatly describes what happened after the bang. Yet, until recently, particle physicists and cosmologists were stuck on many questions that the Big Bang Theory still couldn't answer, primarily: If matter can neither be created nor destroyed, how could so much matter arise from nothing at all? Alan Guth's Inflationary Universe Theory answers these vexing questions. When NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer satellite measured the non-uniformities of the cosmic background radiation for the first time in 1992, the patterns agreed exquisitely with the theory's predictions.