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Free Press, June 2000
Trade Paperback, 288 pages
ISBN-10: 0684865769
ISBN-13: 9780684865768
Description
As the twentieth century closed, Fred Adams and Greg Laughlin captured the attention of the world by identifying the five ages of time. In The Five Ages of the Universe, Adams and Laughlin demonstrate that we can now understand the complete life story of the cosmos from beginning to end.
Adams and Laughlin have been hailed as the creators of the definitive long-term projection of the evolution of the universe. Their achievement is awesome in its scale and profound in its scientific breadth. But The Five Ages of the Universe is more than a handbook of the physical processes that guided our past and will shape our future; it is a truly epic story.
Without leaving earth, here is a fantastic voyage to the physics of eternity. It is the only biography of the universe you will ever need.
Neil de Grasse TYSON Scientific American Continuously engages the imagination....An entertainingly scary picture of our distant future.
Susan Okie The Washington Post Marvelous descriptive writing and mind-expanding explanations....What makes it even better than good science fiction is that it's true.
Neil deGrasse TysonHayden Planetarium, New York City, and Visiting Professor of Astrophysics, Princeton UniversityWith the laws of nature as their protagonists and the universe as their stage, Adams and Laughlin take the reader on a mind-stretching journey to the edge of the cosmos and to the ends of time. Along the way, they tour the predictive limits of astrophysics and reveal astonishing phenomena that continually remind us that science, at times, can be stranger than fiction.
Alex FilippenkoProfessor of Astronomy, University of California, BerkeleyThis is delightful book. I have never seen such a thorough and entertaining discussion of the universe's long-term future. The timescales and physical phenomena boggle the mind and provide a new perspective on our existence.
David SpergelDepartment of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton UniversityAdams and Laughlin's tale introduces the reader to many of the most exciting concepts in astronomy and physics: white dwarfs, black holes, dark matter, and the origins of stars, life and the universe itself. While there has been extensive research and many books written about the past history of the universe, The Five Ages of the Universe is unique: it is a view of the future.
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