Description: The Inflationary Universe The Quest For a New Theory of Cosmic Origins by Alan Guth Helix Books, Addision-Wesley, 1997, First Edition, First Printing. 0201149427, Hardcover, Dust Jacket, Fine/Fine no marks, no underlining, no highlighting, like new condition. 358 pages. The classic big bang theory is great at describing what happened after the bang. Yet until recently, particle physicists and cosmologists were stuck on many questions that the big bang theory couldn't answer, including: What made the big bang BANG in the first place? If matter can be neither created nor destroyed, how could so much matter arise from nothing at all? Why can we only see a minute part of the mega-universe? In 1979, a young particle physicist named Alan Guth answered these questions and made front-page news with one of the greatest discoveries in modern cosmology: cosmic inflation. This is the compelling, first-hand account of Guth's paradigm-breaking discovery of the origins of the universe; and it is a fascinating chronicle of his dramatic struggle to justify it. Guth's startling theory states that in the billion-trillion-trillionth of a second before the big bang, there was a period of hyper-rapid "inflation" that got the big bang started. Inflation modifies our picture of only the first small fraction of a second in the history of the universe, and then it joins onto the standard big bang theory, preserving all of the successes of the older theory. But because inflation explains the bang itself, it is a much richer theory than the older versions of the big bang. CONTENTS Foreword Preface 1 The Ultimate Free Lunch 2 The Cosmic Vista from Ithaca, New York 3 The Birth of Modern Cosmology 4 Echoes of a Scorching Past 5 Condensation of the Primordial Soup 6 Matters of Matter and Antimatter 7 The Particle Physics Revolution of the 1970s 8 Grand Unified Theories 9 Combating the Magnetic Monopole Menace 10 The Inflationary Universe 11 The Aftermath of Discovery 12 The New Inflationary Universe 13 Wrinkles on a Smooth Background 14 Observational Clues from Deep Below and Far Beyond 15 The Eternally Existing, Self-Reproducing Inflationary Universe 16 Wormholes and the Creation of Universes in the Laboratory 17 A Universe Ex Nihilo Epilogue App. A Gravitational Energy App. B Newton and the Infinite Static Universe App. C Blackbody Radiation App. D Units and Measures Notes Glossary Credits Index nthdegree books
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Publication Name: Inflationary Universe : the Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Subject: Cosmology, Astronomy
Publication Year: 1997
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Author: Alan H. Guth
Subject Area: Science
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