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The constants of nature : from Alpha to Omega--the numbers that encode the deepest secrets of the universe / John D. Barrow

By:

Barrow, John D., 1952-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Pantheon Books , c2002.Edition: 1st American edDescription: xv, 352 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780375422218

Subject(s):

Physical constants -- --Popular works

DDC classification:

530.8 BAR

LOC classification:

QC39 .B37 2002

Contents:

Summary: Barrow (mathematical sciences, U. of Cambridge) has been concerned about, and writing about, the constants of nature for over two decades now. Here he adds a new chapter: recent technology for analyzing light from distant quasars reveals what conditions have been like over the past 11 billion years, and startling findings about whether or not the so-called constants have been fickle.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	530.8 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		026686

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-342) and index.

Before the beginning -- Journey towards ultimate reality -- Superhuman standards -- Further, deeper, fewer: the quest for a theory of everything -- Eddington's unfinished symphony -- Mystery of the very large numbers -- Biology and the stars -- Anthropic principle -- Altering constants and rewriting history -- New dimensions -- Variations on a constant theme -- Reach for the sky -- Other worlds and big questions

Barrow (mathematical sciences, U. of Cambridge) has been concerned about, and writing about, the constants of nature for over two decades now. Here he adds a new chapter: recent technology for analyzing light from distant quasars reveals what conditions have been like over the past 11 billion years, and startling findings about whether or not the so-called constants have been fickle.

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