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050	0	0	_aQC39 _b.B37 2002
082	0	0	_a530.8 BAR
100	1		_aBarrow, John D., 1952-
245	1	4	_aThe constants of nature _b: from Alpha to Omega--the numbers that encode the deepest secrets of the universe _c/ John D. Barrow
250			_a1st American ed
260			_aNew York _b: Pantheon Books _c, c2002.
300			_axv, 352 p. _b: ill. _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-342) and index.
505	0	0	_aBefore 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
520			_aBarrow (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.
650		0	_aPhysical constants _v--Popular works
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