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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of six numbers that are crucial for the universe and humanity's place in it; looking at how the parallel studies of the universe and the microworld within the atom have provided a new perspective on how a single "genesis event" might have created galaxies, black holes, stars and planets, and living beings.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Recounts the rivalry between Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who developed the first mathematical description of black holes, and Sir Arthur Eddington, one of the greatest astrophysicists of the day, discussing how their theories contradicted and inspired one another.
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