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Alan Guth

Autor(a) de The Inflationary Universe

2+ Works 442 Membros 2 Reviews

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Image credit: Physicist Alan Guth at Trinity College, Cambridge, UK. December, 2007. Photo by Betsy Devine aka Flickr user Betsythedevine

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The New Humanists: Science at the Edge (2003) — Contribuinte — 230 cópias
Critical Dialogues in Cosmology (1997) — Contribuinte — 4 cópias

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Soylentgreen23 hit it on the head when he/she praised the human characters in this very readable 'autobiography'. After re-reading the book, the physics became clearer, though still 90% submersed in specialized knowledge.
 
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wyzzsr | 1 outra resenha | Aug 18, 2009 |
The book is more interesting than the field it describes - or so is my opinion of it. I have studied Physics to degree level, and I am happy to concede that I have little clue about the science behind the Inflationary Principal. That said, as popular science books go, this is quite interesting, and well-written.

Guth does a grand job of relating the affairs and lives of scientists searching for the truth of cosmic origins - those ideas might be well out of reach for most of us, but at least the characters behind the story are human.… (mais)
 
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soylentgreen23 | 1 outra resenha | Dec 24, 2006 |

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Obras
2
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3
Membros
442
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½ 3.7
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2
ISBNs
10
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