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The State of the Universe: A Primer in Modern Cosmology [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

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Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; illustrated edition edition (23 Mar 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0297847406
ISBN-13: 978-0297847403
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.6 x 3.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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'a short, clear and logical introduction which assumes no background knowledge and uses simple analogies to explain unfamiliar ideas.' (OXFORD TODAY )

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3.0 out of 5 stars Readable, but tries to span too much material, 5 Jan 2007

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This book is a fair an nice review of the history and state-of-the-art of cosmology. It is very readable, not technical at all.

The drawback of the book, if you are interested in the last findings in cosmology (and this is what the title suggests), is that most of it is dedicated to the history and even ancient history of the topic. Issues such as the non zero cosmological constant and the multiverse hypotesis are treated very fast in the last chapters, just telling the raw facts, not commiting to any interpretation. The final moral is "we still don't know", which may be true, but the reader of popular science books expects something different.

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