What's eating the universe? : and other cosmic questions

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What's eating the universe? : and other cosmic questions

Paul Davies

University of Chicago Press, 2021

  • : cloth

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"First published by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, 2021"--T.p. verso

Includes index

Contents of Works

  • Journey from the edge of time
  • The search for the key to the universe
  • Why is it dark at night?
  • The big bang
  • Where is the centre of the universe?
  • Why the cosmos is actually fairly simple
  • What is the speed of space?
  • What is the shape of space?
  • Explaining the cosmic big fix
  • Most of our universe is missing
  • What is dark energy?
  • Where does matter come from?
  • Gravity conquers all
  • Warped time and black holes
  • Is time travel possible?
  • What is the source of time's puzzling arrow?
  • The black hole paradox
  • A theory of everything?
  • Fossils from the cosmic dawn
  • Can the universe come from nothing?
  • How many universes are there?
  • The Goldilocks enigma
  • What's eating the universe?
  • Is the universe actually a botched job?
  • Are we alone?
  • ET in our backyard?
  • Why am I living now?
  • The fate of the universe
  • Is there a meaning to it all?
  • What's new on the cosmic horizon?

Details

  • NCID
    BC05548628
  • ISBN
    • 9780226816296
  • LCCN
    2021004010
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Chicago
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 172 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Classification
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