The universe before the big bang [electronic resource] : cosmology and string theory / Maurizio Gasperini.
Terms such as "expanding Universe", "big bang", and "initial singularity", are nowadays part of our common language. The idea that the Universe we observe today originated from an enormous explosion (big bang) is now well known and widely accepted, at all levels, in mod...
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| Other title: | Universo prima del big bang. English |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Italian |
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©2008.
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| Series: | Astronomers' universe.
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Table of Contents:
- General relativity and standard cosmology
- String theory, duality, and the primordial universe
- The theory for strings
- Inflation and the birth of universe
- The cosmological background of gravitational radiation
- Other relics of the primordial universe
- Quantum cosmology
- The future of our universe
- Recent developments : Brane cosmology scenarios.