What's eating the universe? : and other cosmic questions /
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Journey from the edge of time
- The search for the key to the universe
- Why is it dark at night?
- The big bang
- Where is the centre of the universe?
- Why the cosmos is actually fairly simple
- What is the speed of space?
- What is the shape of space?
- Explaining the cosmic big fix
- Most of our universe is missing
- What is dark energy?
- Where does matter come from?
- Gravity conquers all
- Warped time and black holes
- Is time travel possible?
- What is the source of time's puzzling arrow?
- The black hole paradox
- A theory of everything?
- Fossils from the cosmic dawn
- Can the universe come from nothing?
- How many universes are there?
- The Goldilocks enigma
- What's eating the universe?
- Is the universe actually a botched job?
- Are we alone?
- ET in our backyard
- Why am I living now?
- The fate of the universe
- Is there a meaning to it all?
- What's new on the cosmic horizon?