The Very First Light: The True Inside Story of the Scientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the Universe - Tapa blanda

Boslough, John; Mather, John

 
9780465005291: The Very First Light: The True Inside Story of the Scientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the Universe
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ISBN 10: 0465005292 ISBN 13: 9780465005291
Editorial: Basic Books, 2008

Sinopsis

In the early 1990s, a NASA-led team of scientists changed the way we view the universe. With the COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) project, they showed that the microwave radiation that fills the universe must have come from the Big Bang,effectively proving the Big Bang theory beyond any doubt. It was one of the greatest scientific findings of our generation, perhaps of all time. In The Very First Light , John Mather, one of COBE's leaders, and science writer John Boslough tell the story of how it was achieved. A gripping tale of big money, bigger egos, tense politics, and cutting-edge engineering, The Very First Light offers a rare insider's account of the world of big science.

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John C. Mather, Ph.D., is a Senior Astrophysicist in the Observational Cosmology labouratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight centre. He won the Nobel Prize in 2006. He is a member of the Astrophysics Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Committee and of the Standing Review Board for the Kepler project. He lives in Maryland. John Boslough received honours in the history of science from Princeton University and has written widely on science for National Geographic and other publications. His previous books include Stephen HawKing's Universe and Masters of Time, co-authored by Wendy W. Cortesi. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Editorial
Basic Books
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0465005292
ISBN 13 
9780465005291
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Número de páginas
384
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