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Michael Rowan-Robinson

The Nine Numbers of the Cosmos

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How old is the universe? How far away are the galaxies and how fast are they travelling away from us? What is dark matter and why do astronomers think it pervades the universe? How heavy is the vacuum? How do galaxies form?Michael Rowan-Robinson answers these and many more questions in a highly original and intriguing way. He encapsulates our current knowledge (both what we do and don't know) of the origin and the nature of the universe into nine numbers. These cosmic numbers appear to be independent characteristics of our universe and include its age, the Hubble constant (a measure of its rate of expression), and the density of matter… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-19-150917-9
  • EAN: 9780191509179
  • Produktnummer: 14826103
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 3'671 KB

Über den Autor


Michael Rowan-Robinson is Professor of Astrophysics, and Head of the Astrophysics Group, at Imperial College, London. He is an internationally recognized expert on observational cosmology and his book, The Cosmological Distance Scale is generally regarded as a classic. He leads several major international collaborations in infrared and submillimetre astronomy, including a European Commission Training and Mobility Network. He has served on numerousadvisory bodies for ground-based and space astronomy both in the UK and abroad. He received a NASA Public Service award for his work on the IRAS mission.

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