Big Bang
The Origin of the Universe
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Word Count
133,000 words, Guess
Page Count
532 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebigbangoriginofu0000sing_z1u9
- Internet Archivebigbangoriginsof0000sing
- Internet Archivebigbang00simo_0
- ISBN-100007162200
- ISBN-139780007162208
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- LibraryThing11615
- Goodreads1788521
- Library of Congress Control Number2004056306
- OCLC Control Number57362091
- Better World Books9780007162208
- Open LibraryOL7262812M
Classifications
- LCCQB991.B54 S56 2004
- LCCQB991.B54S56 2005
- DDC523.1'8
Description
"This book tells the story of the many brilliant, often eccentric scientists who fought against the establishment idea of an eternal and unchanging cosmos. From such early Greek cosmologists as Anaximander to recent satellite measurements taken deep in space, Big Bang is a narrative full of anecdotes and personal histories. Simon Singh tells the centuries-long story of mankind's attempt to understand how the universe came to be, a story which itself begins some 14 billion years ago (give or take a billion years)."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
Our universe is dotted with over 100 billion galaxies, and each one contains roughly 100 billion stars.
Description
"This book tells the story of the many brilliant, often eccentric scientists who fought against the establishment idea of an eternal and unchanging cosmos. From such early Greek cosmologists as Anaximander to recent satellite measurements taken deep in space, Big Bang is a narrative full of anecdotes and personal histories. Simon Singh tells the centuries-long story of mankind's attempt to understand how the universe came to be, a story which itself begins some 14 billion years ago (give or take a billion years)."--Jacket.
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