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0201149427 |
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(OCoLC)ocm35701222 |
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NCRA |
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NCRA |
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NCRA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Guth, Alan H. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The inflationary universe : |
| Remainder of title |
the quest for a new theory of cosmic origins / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Alan H. Guth ; with a foreword by Alan Lightman. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Reading, Mass. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Addison-Wesley Publishing, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1997. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xv, 358 p. : |
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ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-324) and index. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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1. |
| Title |
The Ultimate Free Lunch -- |
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2. |
| Title |
The Cosmic Vista from Ithaca, New York -- |
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3. |
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The Birth of Modern Cosmology -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
4. |
| Title |
Echoes of a Scorching Past -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
5. |
| Title |
Condensation of the Primordial Soup -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
6. |
| Title |
Matters of Matter and Antimatter -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
7. |
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The Particle Physics Revolution of the 1970s -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
8. |
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Grand Unified Theories -- |
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9. |
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Combatting the Magnetic Monopole Menace -- |
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10. |
| Title |
The Inflationary Universe -- |
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11. |
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The Aftermath of Discovery -- |
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12. |
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The New Inflationary Universe -- |
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13. |
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Wrinkles on a Smooth Background -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
14. |
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Observational Clues from Deep Below and Far Beyond -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
15. |
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The Eternally Existing, Self-Reproducing Inflationary Universe -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
16. |
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Wormholes and the Creation of Universes in the Laboratory -- |
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17. |
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A Universe Ex Nihilo -- |
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App. A. |
| Title |
Gravitational Energy -- |
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App. B. |
| Title |
Newton and the Infinite Static Universe -- |
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App. C. |
| Title |
Blackbody Radiation -- |
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App. D. |
| Title |
Units and Measures. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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? |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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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. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
But because inflation explains the bang itself, it is a much richer theory than the older versions of the big bang. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Inflationary universe. |
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5556 |
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TOC |
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Books |