Masters of time : cosmology at the end of innocence / John Boslough ; illustrations by Wendy W. Cortesi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Company, [1992]Copyright date: ©1992Description: xii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0201577917
  • 9780201577914
Subject(s):
Contents:
Crisis in the cosmos -- Movable sky -- Up against the wall -- Reluctant universe -- Past imperfect -- Universal cure-all -- New cosmology -- Profusion of confusion -- Paradigms lost -- Crucible of time -- Quark and the cosmos -- Illusion of symmetry -- Cat's cradle -- Master of time -- Metacosmos -- Accidental universe

"A William Patrick book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index.

Crisis in the cosmos -- Movable sky -- Up against the wall -- Reluctant universe -- Past imperfect -- Universal cure-all -- New cosmology -- Profusion of confusion -- Paradigms lost -- Crucible of time -- Quark and the cosmos -- Illusion of symmetry -- Cat's cradle -- Master of time -- Metacosmos -- Accidental universe

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