Just Six Numbers

The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe

By: Martin Rees

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Paperback | 1 May 2001 | Edition Number 1

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How did a single "genesis event" create billions of galaxies, black holes, stars and planets? How did atoms assemble -- here on earth, and perhaps on other worlds -- into living beings intricate enough to ponder their origins? What fundamental laws govern our universe?This book describes new discoveries and offers remarkable insights into these fundamental questions. There are deep connections between stars and atoms, between the cosmos and the microworld. Just six numbers, imprinted in the "big bang," determine the essential features of our entire physical world. Moreover, cosmic evolution is astonishingly sensitive to the values of these numbers. If any one of them were "untuned," there could be no stars and no life. This realization offers a radically new perspective on our universe, our place in it, and the nature of physical laws.

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Non-Fiction Science Astronomy, Space & Time Cosmology & The Universe Miscellaneous Items Physics Applied Physics Astrophysics Nature & The Natural World Popular Astronomy & Space

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
The cosmos and the microworld	p. 1
Our cosmic habitat I: planets, stars and life	p. 14
The large number N: gravity in the cosmos	p. 27
Stars, the periodic table, and [varepsilon]	p. 45
Our cosmic habitat II: beyond our galaxy	p. 58
The fine-tuned expansion: dark matter and [Omega]	p. 80
The number [lambda]: is cosmic expansion slowing or speeding?	p. 102
Primordial 'ripples': the number Q	p. 115
Our cosmic habitat III: what lies beyond our horizon?	p. 130
Three dimensions (and more)	p. 149
Coincidence, providence - or multiverse?	p. 164
Notes	p. 180
Index	p. 186
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