Before the Big Bang

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Starting from this question, this book explores our current understanding of the Big Bang, the primordial event that gave rise to the special mixture of space, time, and matter that we call the universe.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-11-09
Mått:155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt:346 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Copernicus Books
Antal sidor:201
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031699320
Originaltitel:Prima del Big Bang

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Gian Francesco Giudice is Head of the Theoretical Physics Department at CERN in Geneva. A leading international figure in theoretical physics of elementary particles, he has carried out research in the United States and Europe, making fundamental contributions to the understanding of nature at the subnuclear level and its consequences for the early history of the universe. He is the author of A Zeptospace Odyssey (Oxford University Press, 2010), a popular science book on the LHC, the large particle collider in operation at CERN.

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue.- The beginning of the story.- The shape of the cosmos.- The pioneers of the Big Bang.- The universe in the making.- The cosmic forge.- The perennial universe strikes again.- The light of the Big Bang.- What is the Big Bang Theory?.- How the Big Bang works.- Unravelling the mysteries of the Big Bang.- The fossils of the Big Bang.- Parallel universes.- The complexity of the multiverse.- And before that, what was there?.- The big bang beyond science.- There is no end to the story.- Epilogue.