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What Caused the Big Bang?

Rem B. Edwards · 2021

183,604 words · about 12 h 51 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · repository export licence (OAPEN) · Edwards, Rem B. (2021), What Caused the Big Bang?, Brill - licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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Author
Rem B. Edwards
Language
English
Published
2021
Length
183,604 words · about 12 h 51 min
Sections
15 reader sections
Text
Digital text
Rights
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · repository export licence (OAPEN)

 

Contents (15)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Contents about 5 min
  3. Index about 11 h 14 min
  4. Preface about 1 min
  5. Chapter One about 5 min
  6. Chapter Two about 4 min
  7. Chapter Three about 7 min
  8. Chapter Four about 8 min
  9. Chapter Five about 5 min
  10. Chapter Six about 4 min
  11. Chapter Seven about 3 min
  12. Chapter Eight about 3 min
  13. Chapter Nine about 3 min
  14. Chapter Ten about 5 min
  15. Chapter Eleven about 43 min
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Front matter

What Caused the Big Bang?

WHAT CAUSED THE BIG BANG?

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Contents

Editorial Foreword Kenneth A. Bryson

Preface Acknowledgments

ONE Scientific Cosmology and the Big Bang 1.The Evolution of the Universe A. The Initial Singularity B. Planck Time and Space C. Inflation D. Evolution of Physical Forces, Particles, and the Laws of Nature E. From a Universe of Radiation to a Gaseous Universe F. Creation of Quasars, Galaxies, Stars, Solar Systems, Heavier Elements G. Formation of Our Sun, Its Planets, and Life on Earth 2. Evidences for the Big Bang A. Receding Galaxies and the Redshift B. Hubble’s Law of Uniform Expansion C. The First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics D. Inferences from Einstein’s Theory of Relativity E. Nucleosynthesis of Hydrogen, Helium, Deuterium, and Heavier Elements F. The Cosmic Microwave Background G. The Dark Sky at Night 3. Scientific Cosmological Agnosticism

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