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Cosmic Numbers
The Numbers That Define Our Universe
James D. Stein
(2011)
Sprog: Engelsk
Detaljer om varen
- Hardback: 240 sider
- Udgiver: Basic Books (September 2011)
- ISBN: 9780465021987
In Cosmic Numbers, mathematics professor James D. Stein traces the discovery, evolution, and interrelationships of the numbers that define our world. Everyone knows about the speed of light and absolute zero, but numbers like Boltzmann's constant and the Chandrasekhar limit are not as well known, and they do far more than one might imagine: They tell us how this world began and what the future holds. Much more than a gee-whiz collection of facts and figures, Cosmic Numbers illuminates why particular numbers are so important--both to the scientist and to the rest of us.