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Echo of the Big Bang
by Michael Lemonick
ISBN: 0691102783
ISBN-13: 9780691102788
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published date: 2003
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1 pounds
Pages: 215
Publisher's Notes
Describes how the scientific discoveries of the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) satellite have transformed the modern science of cosmology, describing its revelations in terms of the origins and history of the universe, the nature of dark matter, the expansion of the universe, and other key topics. (Science & Mathematics)
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Michael D. Lemonick
Princeton University Press, 2003-03-17. Hardcover. Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. ( more information) Offered by BEST BARGAIN BOOKS WHOLESALER, INC. (United States)
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003 215 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped.. Text is Free of Markings. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Montana Book Company (United States)
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Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Pr, 2003 D/J shows a small fold inside front cover. Presents the findings of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) which spent more than a year in deep space and examines the revelations of the data.. Hard Cover. New/As New. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. ( more information) Offered by Adagio Books (United States)
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Princeton University Press. Hardcover. 0691102783 New - minimal shelf wear (Science/Science Fiction - 14) . New. ( more information) Offered by Ceres-Snow Enterprises (United States)
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Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, 2003. 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition in vg dj. Three-inch tear to dj near edge of front cover, contents bright, crisp & clean. 215 p., illus. ( more information) Offered by Tiber Books (United States)
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Princeton: Princeton University Press. Fine. 2003. Hardcover. 0691102783 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0691102783. . ( more information) Offered by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Princeton University Press. Used - Like New. 2003 Hardcover. Slight shelf wear; Otherwise, Fine. Dj is fine. ( more information) Offered by Powell's Bookstores Chicago (United States)
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Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.: Princeton University Press, 2003. spine is cocked else fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by PBO Books (United States)
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003 Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy, 189 pp. + glossary.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). ( more information) Offered by Brand Bookstore (United States)
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Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2003 Fine condition in bright, shiny Fine Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp. A few illustrations. Glossary. Index. First printing, with complete row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "A tight-knit, high-powered group of scientists and engineers spent eight years building a satellite designed, in effect, to read the genome of the universe. Launched in 2001, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) has finally reported in -- and it's found things nobody expected. For more than a year, the WMAP satellite hovered in the cold of deep space, a million miles from Earth, in an effort to determine whether the science of cosmology -- the study of the origin and evolution of the universe -- has been on the right track for the past two decades. What WMAP was looking for was a barely perceptible pattern of hot and cold spots in the faint whisper of microwave radiation left over from the Big Bang... The pattern encoded in those microwaves holds the answers... What is the universe made of? What is its geometry?... How fast is it expanding?" First Printing of the First Edition . Hardcover. Publisher's black cloth/Jacket not priced or clipped. 8vo. viii, 215pp. . ( more information) Offered by About Books (United States)
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