The wraparound universe / Jean-Pierre Luminet ; translated by Eric Novak.

Author/creator Luminet, Jean-Pierre
Format Book
Publication InfoWellesley, Mass. : A.K. Peters, ©2008.
Descriptionxii, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects
Cosmology.

Uniform titleUnivers chiffonné. English
Contents The shape of space -- The universal mollusk -- The size of space -- The hall of mirrors -- The four scales of geometry -- Absolute or relative space? -- Celestial mirages -- Black hole -- Foam, strings, and loops -- From relativity to the big bang -- What is the curvature of the universe? -- Open or closed? -- The knowledge of places -- From the cylinder to the pretzel -- Fascinating shapes -- Topology and relativity -- Small, strange universes -- Topological mirage -- Hunting for ghosts -- Midnight suns -- Cosmic crystallography -- Circles in the sky -- Inflation, the infinite, and the folds -- Maya -- Folds in the universe -- A brief history of space -- The edge paradox -- The dark night paradox -- Non-Euclidean geometries -- Cosmos and logos -- Cosmic questions -- Expansion and the infinite -- Galaxies in flight -- The rate of expansion -- The age of the universe -- Astronomical distances -- Cosmic mathematics -- Cosmic repulsion -- Dark matter -- The cosmic microwave background -- Is the universe flat? -- Symmetry -- Polyhedra -- The classification of surfaces -- The classification of three-dimensional spaces -- Topos and cosmos -- Afterword: Listening to the cosmic drum.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-310) and indexes.
LCCN 2007033467
ISBN9781568813097 (alk. paper)
ISBN1568813090 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QB 981 .L913 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold