TY  - GEN
AU  - Lithtman, Alan
TI  - Ancient light:our changing view of the universe
SN  - 0-674-03362-0
U1  - 523.1 
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Massachusette
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Cosmology
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Astronomy
N2  - 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
ER  -