Explaining the Universe: The New Age of PhysicsPrinceton University Press, 05.06.2018 - 264 Seiten In this fascinating book, John Charap offers a panoramic view of the physicist's world as the twenty-first century opens--a view that is entirely different from the one that greeted the twentieth century. We have learned that the universe is billions of galaxies larger than we imagined--and billions of years older. We know more about how it came to be and what it is. Because of physics, we live in a world of greater danger and more convenience, smaller particles and bigger ideas. |
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... million years old. We now believe it to be more like 13 billion years old. In 1900 the smallest entities discussed by physicists were atoms (the existence of which was still disputed by some) and the recently discovered electrons ...
... million million, and some measurements agree with what theory predicts to that accuracy. It is hard to comprehend what this precision means; it corresponds to the thickness of a playing card compared with the distance to the moon. When ...
... million, or 2.5 × 10', every day. This increase is about 90 million (9 × 10') a year, which means a proportionate increase by about (9 × 10') + (6 × 10') = 1.5 × 10^*, or 1.5 percent, every year. Now that's a number I find frightening ...
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Inhalt
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3 HEAVENS ABOVE | 24 |
4 CHANCE AND CERTAINTY | 43 |
5 ORDER OUT OF CHAOS | 64 |
6 YOUR PLACE OR MINE | 77 |
7 MANY HISTORIES MANY FUTURES | 86 |
8 MICROCOSM | 100 |
11 IN THE BEGINNING | 151 |
12 DOWN TO EARTH | 172 |
13 EPILOGUE | 188 |
Notes | 195 |
Glossary | 209 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 215 |
Index of Names | 219 |
General Index | 223 |