The Vindication of the Big Bang: Breakthroughs and BarriersWritten for the layperson, this readable account of the big bang theory explains complex topics of astrophysics and cosmology in plain terms without mathematics. The author discusses the discovery of the expansion of the universe, successes of the big bang model, discovery of cosmic background radiation, singularities, the redshift controversy, and plasma cosmology. Black and white photos included. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Introduction | 1 |
Discovery of the Expansion of the Universe | 17 |
Formulation of the Big Bang Model | 49 |
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