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The Big Bang Theory: What It Is, Where It Came From, and Why It Works
ISBN: 978-0-471-39452-5
Paperback
224 pages
February 2002
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Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

PART I: HOW WE CAME TO BELIEVE THE BIG BANG THEORY.

1. The First Cosmologies.

2. The Birth of the Big Bang.

3. The Search for Proof.

Interlude: Popular Reactions.

PART II: HOW GOOD A THEORY IS IT?

4. Scientific Reactions.

5. Glitches.

6. Current and Future Research.

7. The Edge of the Unknown.

A Big Bang Timeline.

Notes.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Index.