The constants of nature : from Alpha to Omega--the numbers that encode the deepest secrets of the universe / John D. Barrow.
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TextPublication details: New York : Pantheon Books, c2002.Edition: 1st American edDescription: xv, 352 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0375422218
- 9780375422218
- QC39 .B37 2002
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Storms Research Center Main Collection | QC 39 .B37 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 98628205 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-342) and index.
Before the beginning -- Journey towards ultimate reality -- Superhuman standards -- Further, deeper, fewer: the quest for a theory of everything -- Eddington's unfinished symphony -- Mystery of the very large numbers -- Biology and the stars -- Anthropic principle -- Altering constants and rewriting history -- New dimensions -- Variations on a constant theme -- Reach for the sky -- Other worlds and big questions.
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