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090 _aQC 39 .B37 2002
100 1 _aBarrow, John D.,
_d1952-2020.
245 1 4 _aThe constants of nature :
_bfrom Alpha to Omega--the numbers that encode the deepest secrets of the universe /
_cJohn D. Barrow.
250 _a1st American ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bPantheon Books,
_cc2002.
300 _axv, 352 p. :
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_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-342) and index.
505 0 _aBefore 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.
650 0 _aPhysical constants
_vPopular works.
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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856 4 1 _3Sample text
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents
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