Summary:

"There are few topics more awe-inspiring than cosmology. What is the
universe? How does it work? Where did it come from? These fundamental
questions intrigue adults and children alike.This approachable guide
brings alive humanity's attempts to explain the existence of
everything and explores the latest and best theories on how the
universe came into being.With approachable text, assuming no previous
knowledge, and uniquely in such an illustrated book, the reader is
taken beyond the certainties to explore the strange concepts that
fill modern cosmology. Is the universe a hologram? Is everything we
know part of a membrane floating in multidimensional space? Could we
be living in a computer simulation? It sounds like science fiction,
but these are among the ideas cosmologists seriously propose for the
nature of reality.This book is for students, amateur astronomers, and
anyone who has looked up at the sky and wondered about our place in
the universe."

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 520 -- Astronomy & allied sciences

Book Details:

Physical Description: 7.7"x9.7"x0.9"; 2.0 lb; 208 pages
Edition Info: Hardcover; 2012-03-26

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