How the Universe Got Its Spots

Levin, Janna

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Author
Levin, Janna
Publish Date
20030812
Subtitle
Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
240
Publisher Name
239
ISBN-10
1400032725
ISBN-13
9781400032723
citemno
194682
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9781400032723

Description

Is the universe infinite or just really big? With this question, the gifted young cosmologist Janna Levin not only announces the central theme of her intriguing and controversial new book but establishes herself as one of the most direct and unorthodox voices in contemporary science. For even as she sets out to determine how big “really big” may be, Levin gives us an intimate look at the day-to-day life of a globe-trotting physicist, complete with jet lag and romantic disturbances.

Nimbly synthesizing geometry, topology, chaos and string theories, Levin shows how the pattern of hot and cold spots left over from the big bang may one day reveal the size and shape of the cosmos. She does so with such originality, lucidity—and even poetry—that How the Universe Got Its Spots becomes a thrilling and deeply personal communication between a scientist and the lay reader.