Ancient Light: Our Changing View of the Universe
- ISBN-10
- 0674033639
- ISBN-13
- 9780674033634
- Series
- Ancient Light
- Category
- Astronomers
- Pages
- 170
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Alan P. Lightman
Description
A leading astrophysicist summarizes the new theories of the origin of the universe and explains how they discredit older hypotheses, such as the "Big Bang" theory
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