Cosmic Paradoxes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789814355117)

Beginning with the famous Olber's paradox, a number of cosmological paradoxes, such as the missing mass, dark energy, and the baryon-to-photon ratio, have been and are today the subject of many scientific controversies. The Big Bang model, anticipated by Lemaitre in 1927 and reformulated twenty years later by Gamow, Alpher and Herman, is one of the most spectacular successes in the entire history of physics. It remains today surrounded by considerable theoretical speculation without sufficient observational support.This book discusses such paradoxes in depth with physical and logical content and historical perspective, and has not too technical content in order to serve a wide audience.

Author: Julio A. Gonzalo
ISBN-10: 9814355119
ISBN-13: 9789814355117
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2011
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.50d