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7453146Battle of the Big Banghttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/battle-of-the-big-bang-9780226830483/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7051748/image.jpg?v=638800564875230000446619MXNUniversity of Chicago PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>Excellent.Steven Poole, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> Terrific.Liz Else, <em>New Scientist</em> (Best Popular Science Books of 2025) A brilliant overview of the state of modern cosmology.Alex OConnor, alexoconnor.com This will expand readers minds.<em>Publishers Weekly</em></p><p>An intellectual feast.Carlo Rovelli A must-read.Sabine Hossenfelder Wonderfully broad and open-minded.Roger Penrose Remarkable.Brian Keating</p><p><strong>A thrilling exploration of competing cosmological origin stories, comparing new scientific ideas that upend our very notions of space, time, and reality.</strong></p><p>By most popular accounts, the universe started with a bang some 13.8 billion years ago. But what happened before the Big Bang? And how do we know it happened at all? Here prominent cosmologist Niayesh Afshordi and science communicator Phil Halper offer a tour of the peculiar possibilities: bouncing and cyclic universes, time loops, creations from nothing, multiverses, black hole births, string theories, and holograms. Along the way, they offer both a call for new physics and a riveting story of scientific debate.</p><p>Incorporating insights from Afshordis cutting-edge research and Halpers original interviews with scientists like Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, and Alan Guth, <em>Battle of the Big Bang</em> compares these models for the origin of our origins, showing each theorys strengths and weaknesses and explaining new attempts to test these notions. <em>Battle of the Big Bang</em> is a tale of rivalries and intrigue, of clashes of ideas that have raged from Greek antiquity to the present day over whether the universe is eternal or had a beginning, whether it is unique or one of many. But most of all, Afshordi and Halper show that this search is filled with wonder, discovery, and communityall essential for remembering a forgotten cosmic past.</p>...7080181Battle of the Big Bang446619https://www.gandhi.com.mx/battle-of-the-big-bang-9780226830483/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7051748/image.jpg?v=638800564875230000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259780226830483_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9780226830483_<p><strong>A thrilling exploration of competing cosmological origin stories, comparing new scientific ideas that upend our very notions of space, time, and reality.</strong></p><p>By most popular accounts, the universe started with a bang some 13.8 billion years ago. But what happened before the Big Bang? And how do we know it happened at all? Here prominent cosmologist Niayesh Afshordi and science communicator Phil Halper offer a tour of the peculiar possibilities: bouncing and cyclic universes, time loops, creations from nothing, multiverses, black hole births, string theories, and holograms. Along the way, they offer both a call for new physics and a riveting story of scientific debate.</p><p>Incorporating insights from Afshordis cutting-edge research and Halpers original interviews with scientists like Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, and Alan Guth, <em>Battle of the Big Bang</em> compares these models for the origin of our origins, showing each theorys strengths and weaknesses and explaining new attempts to test these notions. <em>Battle of the Big Bang</em> is a tale of rivalries and intrigue, of clashes of ideas that have raged from Greek antiquity to the present day over whether the universe is eternal or had a beginning, whether it is unique or one of many. But most of all, Afshordi and Halper show that this search is filled with wonder, discovery, and communityall essential for remembering a forgotten cosmic past.</p>...(*_*)9780226830483_<p>Excellent.Steven Poole, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> Terrific.Liz Else, <em>New Scientist</em> (Best Popular Science Books of 2025) A brilliant overview of the state of modern cosmology.Alex OConnor, alexoconnor.com This will expand readers minds.<em>Publishers Weekly</em></p><p>An intellectual feast.Carlo Rovelli A must-read.Sabine Hossenfelder Wonderfully broad and open-minded.Roger Penrose Remarkable.Brian Keating</p><p><strong>A thrilling exploration of competing cosmological origin stories, comparing new scientific ideas that upend our very notions of space, time, and reality.</strong></p><p>By most popular accounts, the universe started with a bang some 13.8 billion years ago. But what happened before the Big Bang? And how do we know it happened at all? Here prominent cosmologist Niayesh Afshordi and science communicator Phil Halper offer a tour of the peculiar possibilities: bouncing and cyclic universes, time loops, creations from nothing, multiverses, black hole births, string theories, and holograms. Along the way, they offer both a call for new physics and a riveting story of scientific debate.</p><p>Incorporating insights from Afshordis cutting-edge research and Halpers original interviews with scientists like Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, and Alan Guth, <em>Battle of the Big Bang</em> compares these models for the origin of our origins, showing each theorys strengths and weaknesses and explaining new attempts to test these notions. <em>Battle of the Big Bang</em> is a tale of rivalries and intrigue, of clashes of ideas that have raged from Greek antiquity to the present day over whether the universe is eternal or had a beginning, whether it is unique or one of many. But most of all, Afshordi and Halper show that this search is filled with wonder, discovery, and communityall essential for remembering a forgotten cosmic past.</p>...9780226830483_University of Chicago Presslibro_electonico_9780226830483_9780226830483Phil HalperInglésMéxico2025-05-29T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/uofchicagopress-epub-924b4f1d-3568-4510-bc91-8c1ba461d07e.epub2025-05-29T00:00:00+00:00University of Chicago Press