The inflationary universe : the quest for a new theory of cosmic origins
This is the compelling, first-hand account of Alan Guth{u2019}s paradigm-breaking discovery of the origins of the universe -- and of his dramatic rise from young researcher to physics superstar. Guth{u2019}s startling theory -- widely regarded as one of the most important contributions to science during the twentieth century -- states that the big bang was set into motion by a period of hyper-rapid ?inflation,? lasting only a billion-trillion-billionth of a second. The Inflationary Universe is the passionate story of one leading scientist{u2019}s effort to look behind the cosmic veil and explain how the universe began
Nonfiction
xv, 358 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
9780201328400, 0201328402
1035041018
The ultimate free lunch
Ths cosmic vista from Ithaca, New York
The birth of modern cosmology
Echoes of a scorching past
Condensation of the primordial soup
Matters of matter and antimatter
The particle physics revoltion of the 1970s
Grand unified theories
Compatting the magnetic monopole menace
The inflationary universe
The aftermath discovery
The new inflationary universe
Wrinkles on a smooth background
Observational clues from deep below and far beyond
The eternally existing, self-reproducing inflationary universe
Wormholes and the creation of universes in the laboratory
A universe ex nihilo
Appendix A: Gravitational energy
Appendix B: Newton and the infinite static universe
Appendix C: Blackbody radiation
Appendix D: Units and measures
Previously published by Perseus Publishing