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  • Formaat: Hardback, 256 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 235x156x24 mm, kaal: 581 g, 35 b-w illus.
  • Ilmumisaeg: 08-Mar-2016
  • Kirjastus: Yale University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0300218273
  • ISBN-13: 9780300218275
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 256 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 235x156x24 mm, kaal: 581 g, 35 b-w illus.
  • Ilmumisaeg: 08-Mar-2016
  • Kirjastus: Yale University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0300218273
  • ISBN-13: 9780300218275
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A celebrated astronomer makes a powerful case for the harmony between two of physics’ most important and seemingly contradictory theories


The twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics. The general theory of relativity describes the behavior of very large things, and quantum theory the behavior of very small things. In this landmark book, John Gribbin—one of the best-known science writers of the past thirty years—presents his own version of the Holy Grail of physics, the search that has been going on for decades to find a unified “Theory of Everything” that combines these ideas into one mathematical package, a single equation that could be printed on a T-shirt, containing the answer to life, the Universe, and everything. With his inimitable mixture of science, history, and biography, Gribbin shows how—despite skepticism among many physicists—these two great theories are very compatible, and point to a deep truth about the nature of our existence. The answer lies, intriguingly, with the age of the universe: 13.8 billion years.

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"A lively and accessible look at how astronomers determined the age of our universe."-Publishers Weekly, starred review Publishers Weekly "An exciting chronicle of a monumental scientific accomplishment by a scientist who participated in the measuring of the age of the universe."?Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews "13.8 is a book that hits readers with unrelenting detail. And with a story as grand as this one, that's exactly the way a good science book should have it. Nothing will be lost here, and everything - a clear understanding - will be gained."-David Eicher, Astronomy -- David Eicher Astronomy "13.8 is a welcome and relatively quick read for cosmology buffs, students, and amateur astronomers."-Booklist Booklist "Gribbin is a confident, engaging guide ... a lovingly rendered history."-Joshua Sokol, Wall Street Journal -- Joshua Sokol The Wall Street Journal "This well-written book on the history of thought on the age of the universe ... is engaging and illuminating ... Gribbin's account of this remarkable scientific achievement is lucid and accessible to all readers."-Choice Choice

About the Author v
Acknowledgements vi
List of Illustrations
vii
Introduction: The Most Important Fact xi
Part Zero Prologue
1(20)
2.712 -- Taking the temperature of the Universe
3(18)
Part One How Do We Know the Ages of Stars?
21(92)
1 2.898 -- Prehistory: Spectra and the nature of stars
23(18)
Locating lines
23(3)
Hunting helium
26(2)
Hunting hydrogen
28(4)
The heat of the Sun
32(2)
The heat of the stars
34(3)
The heat inside
37(4)
2 0.008 -- At the heart of the Sun
41(24)
A French connection
42(2)
No free lunch
44(6)
Seats of enormous energies
50(8)
A hotter place?
58(4)
A quantum of solace
62(3)
3 7.65 -- Making `metals'
65(26)
Cycles and chains of fusion
69(6)
Rocks of ages
75(4)
From the Bomb to the stars
79(3)
The last should be first
82(4)
Stardust
86(5)
4 13.2 -- The ages of stars
91(22)
Hertzsprung, Russell and the diagram
91(2)
Ashes to ashes
93(3)
Globular cluster ages
96(4)
White dwarf ages
100(5)
Radiometric ages and the oldest known star
105(8)
Part Two How Do We Know the Age of the Universe?
113(108)
5 31.415 -- Prehistory: Galaxies and the Universe at large
115(24)
The power of pure reason
116(2)
One step forward, two steps back
118(3)
Nebular spectroscopy
121(2)
First steps
123(5)
The long and winding road
128(3)
An unresolved debate
131(4)
A universe destroyed
135(4)
6 575 -- The discovery of the expanding Universe
139(22)
Surprising speeds
139(3)
Taking the credit
142(6)
A Russian revolution
148(6)
A Priestly intercession
154(7)
7 75 -- Sizing up the cosmic souffle
161(28)
Einstein's lost model
163(2)
Keeping it simple
165(4)
Across the Universe
169(15)
Doubling the distances
169(8)
Hubble's heir
177(7)
Another Great Debate
184(5)
8 13.8 -- Surveys and satellites
189(32)
The culmination of a tradition
189(3)
Too perfect?
192(5)
The dark side
197(9)
Supernovae and superexpansion
206(4)
Sounding out the Universe
210(4)
Ultimate truth
214(7)
Glossary 221(12)
Sources and Further Reading 233(2)
End Notes 235(2)
Index 237
John Gribbin is a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and the author of many best-selling science books.