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Category:    Astronomy and Cosmology     The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos (Princeton Science Library, 94) Ed 4 free ebook download

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Author(s): no autor Date: 2021 Format: pdf Language: English ISBN/ASIN: 069111742X Pages: 304 OCR: Quality: ISBN13: Uploader: alex21s Upload Date: 7/16/2022 8:41:11 AM     To download click on link in the Links Table below                                                                        Description: Click to see full description The Extravagant Universe tells the story of a remarkable adventure of scientific discovery. One of the world's leading astronomers, Robert Kirshner, takes readers inside a lively research team on the quest that led them to an extraordinary cosmological discovery: the expansion of the universe is accelerating under the influence of a dark energy that makes space itself expand. In addition to sharing the story of this exciting discovery, Kirshner also brings the science up-to-date in a new epilogue. He explains how the idea of an accelerating universe once a daring interpretation of sketchy data is now the standard assumption in cosmology today. This measurement of dark energy a quality of space itself that causes cosmic acceleration points to a gaping hole in our understanding of fundamental physics. In 1917, Einstein proposed the "cosmological constant" to explain a static universe. When observations proved that the universe was expanding, he cast this early form of dark energy aside. But recent observations described first-hand in this book show that the cosmological constant or something just like it dominates the universe's mass and energy budget and determines its fate and shape. Warned by Einstein's blunder, and contradicted by the initial results of a competing research team, Kirshner and his colleagues were reluctant to accept their own result. But, convinced by evidence built on their hard-earned understanding of exploding stars, they announced their conclusion that the universe is accelerating in February 1998. Other lines of inquiry and parallel supernova research now support a new synthesis of a cosmos dominated by dark energy but also containing several forms of dark matter. We live in an extravagant universe with a surprising number of essential ingredients: the real universe we measure is not the simplest one we could imagine. Read more Links Table     Title Link Password Size (MB) Thank to Inform Admin 3136351 Book https://nitro.download/view/7DF3D39B8D97...   0.00 alex21s Tags: Accelerating Cosmos Dark Energy Exploding Extravagant Library Princeton Science Stars Title Link Password Size Reason Dead link New format   Those who downloaded this book also downloaded the following books: Comments New comment:

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