Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe

How did a single genesis event create billions of galaxies, black holes, stars and planets? How did...
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Author: Martin Rees
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Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe by Rees, Martin

Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe

$58.81

Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe

$58.81
Author: Martin Rees
Format: Paperback
Language: English
How did a single genesis event create billions of galaxies, black holes, stars and planets? How did atoms assemble -- here on earth, and perhaps on other worlds -- into living beings intricate enough to ponder their origins? What fundamental laws govern our universe?This book describes new discoveries and offers remarkable insights into these fundamental questions. There are deep connections between stars and atoms, between the cosmos and the microworld. Just six numbers, imprinted in the big bang, determine the essential features of our entire physical world. Moreover, cosmic evolution is astonishingly sensitive to the values of these numbers. If any one of them were untuned, there could be no stars and no life. This realization offers a radically new perspective on our universe, our place in it, and the nature of physical laws.

Author: Martin Rees
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 05/01/2001
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9780465036738


Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 09/01/2001 pg. 52

About the Author
Martin Rees is a leading researcher on cosmic evolution, black holes, and galaxies. He has himself originated many key ideas, and brings a unique perspective to themes discussed in this book. He is currently a Royal Society Research Professor, and Great Britain's Astronomer Royal. Through based in Cambridge University for most of his career, he travels extensively, and collaborates wit many colleagues in the U.S. and elsewhere. He is an enthusiast for international collaboration in research, and is a member of several foreign academies.

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