Big bang (Record no. 47541)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0716738783
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Terms of availability Textbook
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency CSL
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency CSL
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
084 ## - COLON CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number B9:8 P1 TB
Assigning agency CSL
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Silk, Joseph
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245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Big bang
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 3rd
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York,
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. W H Freeman and Co.:
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2001.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xv, 496p.
Other physical details : ill.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Glossary 455-478p.; Index 479-496p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Our universe was born billions of years ago in a hot, violent explosion of elementary particles and radiationæthe big bang. What do we know about this ultimate moment of creation, and how do we know it?<br/><br/>Drawing upon the latest theories and technology, the new edition of The Big Bang, is a sweeping, lucid account of the event that set the universe in motion. Award-winning astronomer and physicist Joseph Silk begins his story with the first microseconds of the big bang, on through the evolution of stars, galaxies, clusters of galaxies, quasars, and into the distant future of our universe. He also explores the fascinating evidence for the big bang model and recounts the history of cosmological speculation. Revised and updated, the new edition features all the most recent astronomical advances, including:<br/><br/>• Photos and measurements from the Hubble Space Telescope, Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (COBE), and Infrared Space Observatory<br/>• The latest estimates of the age of the universe<br/>• New ideas in string and superstring theory<br/>• Recent experiments on neutrino detection<br/>• New theories about the presence of dark matter in galaxies<br/>• New developments in the theory of the formation and evolution of galaxies<br/>• The latest ideas about black holes, worm holes, quantum foam, and multiple universes<br/><br/>A marvelous introduction to scientific cosmology, The Big Bang takes readers on a spectacular journey spanning time and space.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Big bang theory
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650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Cosmology
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650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Physics
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Classification part B9:8 P1 TB
Koha item type Textbook
Source of classification or shelving scheme Colon Classification (CC)
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    Colon Classification (CC)     Central Science Library Central Science Library 2022-09-12 Unilib,   B9:8 P1 TB SL1288104 2022-09-12 2022-09-12 Textbook