01294naa a2200205Ia 4500 200107s1991 xx 000 0 und d 0-674-03362-0 523.1 L71 523.1 L71 90 Lithtman, Alan 271 Ancient light:our changing view of the universe. Massachusette Harvard University Press, 1991. 190 Takes the reader on grand tour of cosmology-the study of the origin , structure, and continuing evolution of the universe-exploring its history, theories, new evidence and discoveries, and controversies; discusses the development of the big bang theory, which hold that the universe began in a giant explosion some ten billion years ago; modifications of the big bang theory such as the inflationary universe model, which holds that a kind of negative gravity operated in the infant universe; the discovery of huge amounts of invisible matter, called "dark matter"; new maps galaxy position and motions including the "Great Wall", instrumental techniques and the remarkable suggestion that a slightly different universe would not allow the existence of life. Cosmology 272 Cosmology Textbooks 273 Astronomy. 274 ddc BK 90 90 0 0 ddc 0 0 FOUNDATION FOUNDATION CIRC 2017-02-09 Donated 523.1 L71 59915 2022-02-23 00:00:00 2022-02-23 BK