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29%OFFZeeya Merali - A Big Bang in a Little Room: The Quest to Create New Universes - 9780465065912 - V9780465065912
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A Big Bang in a Little Room: The Quest to Create New Universes

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Description for A Big Bang in a Little Room: The Quest to Create New Universes Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, TBD. BIC Classification: PGK; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
An award-winning science writer takes us into the lab to answer some of life's biggest questions: How was the universe created? And could we create our own? What if you could become God, with the ability to build a whole new universe? As startling as it sounds, modern physics suggests that within the next two decades, scientists may be able to perform this seemingly divine feat-to concoct an entirely new baby universe, complete with its own physical laws, star systems, galaxies, and even intelligent life. A Big Bang in a Little Room takes the reader on a ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780465065912
SKU
V9780465065912
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About Zeeya Merali
Zeeya Merali is a journalist and author who has written for Scientific American, Nature, New Scientist, and Discover, as well as published two textbooks in collaboration with National Geographic. She lives in Wembley, United Kingdom.

Reviews for A Big Bang in a Little Room: The Quest to Create New Universes
Merali, an accomplished science writer, weaves a picture of modern cosmology from its results, its history and the motivations of individuals. Thoughts from Alan Guth, Andrei Linde and Alex Vilenkin about the development of cosmic inflation, and from Joe Polchinski about the evolution of string theory (to mention a few), wonderfully convey the sometimes thrilling and often circuitous nature of ... Read more

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