TY  - BOOK
AU  - Padmanabhan,T.
TI  - After the first three minutes: the story of our universe 
SN  - 0511004389
AV  - QB981 .P243 1998eb
U1  - 523.1 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Cambridge, U.K., New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Cosmology
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Kosmologie
KW  - gtt
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212) and index; 1. Introducing the universe. 1.1. Cosmic inventory. 1.2. The great questions -- 2. Matter, radiation and forces. 2.1. A microscopic tour. 2.2. Forces of nature. 2.3. Building blocks of matter. 2.4. Radiation: packets of light. 2.5. Interaction of matter and light -- 3. Observing the universe. 3.1. The cosmic rainbow. 3.2. Seeing is believing. 3.3. Heat in the sky. 3.4. Music of the heavens. 3.5. The cosmic tan. 3.6. X-raying the universe. 3.7. Gamma-ray astronomy -- 4. Getting to know the universe. 4.1. Stars: Nature's nuclear plants. 4.2. Story of a star. 4.3. Supernovae: the violent end. 4.4. Neutron stars and pulsars. 4.5. Black holes. 4.6. Galaxies. 4.7. The Milky Way -- our home. 4.8. Groups and clusters of galaxies -- 5. The expanding universe. 5.1. Expansion of the universe. 5.2. The universe has a past! 5.3. Dark matter: weight without light. 5.4. The very early universe. 5.5. The quantum universe: science of genesis -- 6. Forming the galaxies. 6.1. Gravitational instability. 6.2. Testing the paradigm. 6.3. Density contrast: the ups and downs. 6.4. Dark matter and normal matter. 6.5. Dark matter in two flavours: hot and cold. 6.6. Why hot dark matter does not work. 6.7. Scenarios with cold dark matter. 6.8. COBE: first glimpse of the truth. 6.9. Desperate models. 6.10. The gamut of observations. 6.11. The first structures -- 7. The universe at high redshift. 7.1. Probing the past. 7.2. Quasars: the enigmatic machines. 7.3. Radio galaxies and active galactic nuclei. 7.4. Quasar spectra and the intergalactic medium. 7.5. High redshift objects and structure formation. 7.6. Gravitational lensing -- 8. Open questions. 8.1. The broad picture. 8.2. A critique of structure formation
N2  - How does our Universe evolve? And how did structures like stars and galaxies form? In recent years, scientists' understanding of these profound questions has developed enormously. This book presents a clear and detailed picture of contemporary cosmology for the general reader. Unlike existing popular books on cosmology, After the First Three Minutes does not gloss over details, nor shy away from explaining the underlying concepts. Instead, with a lucid and informal style, the author introduces all the relevant background and then carefully pieces together an engaging story of the evolution of our Universe. We are left with a state-of-the-art picture of scientists' current understanding in cosmology, and a keen taste of the excitement of this fast-moving science. Throughout, no mathematics is used; and all technical jargon is clearly introduced and reinforced in a handy glossary at the end of the book. For general readers who want to get to grips with what we really do and don't know about our Universe, this book provides an exciting and uncompromising read
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