Origins of the Universe, Keith Cooper
Origins of the Universe, Keith Cooper
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Origins of the Universe
The Cosmic Microwave Background and the Search for Quantum Gravity

Author: Keith Cooper

Narrator: Rory Barnett

Unabridged: 5 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/13/2021


Synopsis

Nearly sixty years ago, Nobel Prize-winners Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson stumbled across a mysterious hiss of faint radio static that was interfering with their astronomical observations. In it, they had found the key to unravelling the story of the Big Bang and the origin of our universe. That signal was the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the earliest light in the universe, released 379,000 years after the Big Bang. It contains secrets about what happened during the very first tiny increments of time, which had consequences that have rippled throughout cosmic history, leading to the universe of stars and galaxies that we live in today. This is the enthralling story of the quest to understand the CMB radiation and what it can tell us of the origins of time and space, from bubble universes to a cyclical cosmosand possibly leading to the elusive theory of quantum gravity itself.

About Keith Cooper

Keith Cooper is the editor of Astronomy Now. He has held this role since 2006, and is also editor of the NASA-sponsored Astrobiology Magazine. Keith specializes in writing about astrophysics, planetary science, cosmology, and astrobiology, and he has written for New Scientist, Sky & Telescope, Physics World, Centauri Dreams, and the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tania

Wow! This book is amazing. Truly phenomenal. It covers so many fascinating cosmology questions, theories and vast speculations about the known & unknown. Everything from Dark Energy vs Dark Matter, String Theory vs M Theory, Steady State vs Big Bang and my favorite Black Holes! Very highly recommend......more

Goodreads review by Richard

I struggled to understand the audience for which this book was intended. As a non-physics student in university and lacking any formal training since, elements of the book were beyond the scope of my knowledge. The basic story of the Big Bang, the roles of Hubble’s theories, and the significance of......more

Goodreads review by Ian

This was a great read, it made all the concepts very easy to understand, but also showed some the amazing places particle physics and the observation of our universe can take us.......more