In the first chapters the author describes how our knowledge of the
position of Earth in space and time has developed, thanks to the
work of many generations of astronomers and physicists. He
discusses how our position in the Galaxy was discovered, and how in
1929, Hubble uncovered the fact that the Universe is expanding,
leading to the picture of the Big Bang. He then explains how
astronomers have found that the laws of physics that were
discovered here on Earth and in the Solar System (the laws of
mechanics, gravity, atomic physics, electromagnetism, etc.) are
valid throughout the Universe. This is illustrated by the fact that
all matter in the Universe consists of atoms of the same chemical
elements that we know on Earth. This unity is all the more
surprising when one realizes that in the original Big Bang theory,
different parts of the Universe could never have communicated with
each other. It then is a mystery how they could have shared the
same physical laws. This problem was solved by the introduction of
the idea of inflation, a phase of extremely rapid expansion of the
Universe during the first fraction of a second following the Big
Bang. The author explains how the unity of the Universe finds its
origin in the Big Bang prior to inflation. The book addresses the
many fundamental questions about the Universe and its contents from
the perspective of the Big Bang: the formation of structure in the
Universe, the questions of the mysterious dark matter and dark
energy, the possibilities of other Universes (the Multiverse) and
of the existence of intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer International Publishing AG
|
| Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
| Series: |
Astronomers' Universe |
| Release date: |
July 2016 |
| First published: |
2016 |
| Authors: |
Edward Van Den Heuvel
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
315 |
| Edition: |
2nd ed. 2016 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-319-23542-4 |
| Languages: |
English
|
| Subtitles: |
Dutch
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Astronomy, space & time >
Cosmology & the universe
|
| LSN: |
3-319-23542-7 |
| Barcode: |
9783319235424 |
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