Whole Shebang: A State of the Universe Report

Title: Whole Shebang: A State of the Universe Report
Author: Timothy Ferris
Science & Math: 1654647
ISBN: 9780684838618
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1998
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Section: Science | Space Science | Cosmology
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Publisher Description: From the prizewinning author who has been called "the greatest science writer in the world" comes this delightfully comprehensive and comprehensible report on how science today envisions the universe as a whole.

Timothy Ferris provides a clear, elegantly written overview of current research and a forecast of where cosmological theory is likely to go in the twenty-first century. He explores the questions that have occurred to even casual readers -- who are curious about nature on the largest scales: What does it mean to say that the universe is "expanding," or that space is "curved"? -- and sheds light on the possibility that our universe is only one among many universes, each with its own physical laws and prospects for the emergence of life.