01432naa a2200217Ia 4500008004100000020001800041082001500059083001400074099000700088100002400095245005300119264005300172300000800225520076300233650001900996650003001015650002001045942001201065999001101077952012601088200107s1991    xx            000 0 und d  a0-674-03362-0  a523.1bL71  a523.1 L71  a90  aLithtman, Alan927110aAncient light:our changing view of the universe.  aMassachusettebHarvard University Press, c1991.  a190  aTakes 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.  aCosmology9272  aCosmologyvTextbooks9273  aAstronomy.9274  2ddccBK  c90d90  00102ddc4070aFOUNDATIONbFOUNDATIONcCIRCd2017-02-09eDonatedo523.1 L71p59915r2022-02-23 00:00:00w2022-02-23yBK