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94006343 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0465053548 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780465053544 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)29913158 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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523.1 Bar |
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11 |
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83198 |
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83197 |
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523.1 Bar |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Barrow, John D., frey50 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The origin of the universe / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
John D. Barrow. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
BasicBooks, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c1994. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xv, 150 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Science masters series |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Miscellaneous information |
1. |
| Title |
The Universe in a Nutshell -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
2. |
| Title |
The Great Vinversal Catalog -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
3. |
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The Singularity and Other Problems -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
4. |
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Inflation and the Particle Physicists -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
5. |
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Inflation and the COBE Search -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
6. |
| Title |
Time -- an Even Briefer History -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
7. |
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Into the Labyrinth -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
8. |
| Title |
New Dimensions. |
| 520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Writing with rare stylistic verve and a real commitment to lucid explanations of complex ideas, John D. Barrow has produced a book that "expertly encapsulates our knowledge, speculations, and questions about the origins of the universe" (John Paulos, author of Innumeracy) and is as "up-to-date as the fixing of the Hubble telescope" (Martin Gardner)." "There is no more fascinating question in all of science than that of how space, matter, and even time began. Now Barrow, who has been at the cutting edge of this research, explains the complex physical processes that we now know govern the origin of the universe. Here is a treatment so up-to-date and intellectually rich, dealing with ideas and speculations at the farthest frontier of science, that neither novice nor expert will want to miss what Barrow has to say." "More than simply setting out the most current theory of the origin of the universe, Barrow describes what makes cosmology possible. He shows how scientists, by exploring crucial points of contact between the behavior of matter during its early history and the observed structure of the universe today, came to understand more fully all the entities in the universe - from elementary particles to great clusters of galaxies." "Moving to the frontier questions of modern cosmology, Barrow discusses how to understand whether time had a beginning; why scientists feel there may be extra dimensions to space; and what the remarkable consequences may be of cosmic wormholes - links between otherwise disconnected parts of space and time. He also shows why the discoveries made by NASA's COBE satellite are of such paramount importance.". |
| 520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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"Barrow is equally at home telling us what physics has to say about "creation out of nothing" as he is explaining why our own existence is entwined with the origin and structure of the universe in unsuspected ways - ways that must be incorporated into any complete description of the universe's beginning, its history, and its future."--BOOK JACKET. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Cosmology. |
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Astrophysics. |
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Kosmologie. |
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Astrofysica. |
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Heelal. |
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AJML |
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500 - 599 |
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523.1 Bar |
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11 |