Intelligible Universe, The: An Overview of the Last Thirteen Billion Years (2nd Edition)

by Julio A. Gonzalo and Julio A. Gonzalo González

This interesting book reviews WMAP's main results (2003) and discusses in detail how the accurate qualitative results for the "age" of the universe and the Hubble constant were anticipated in an article published five years before in Acta Cosmologica, Krakow. In the final chapter on "Cosmic Numbers", it is shown that, as a result of the coincidence at decoupling time between atom formation and matter/radiation equality, a reasonable cosmic justification...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9812794107
• ISBN13: 9789812794109
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"