Overview
- Explains, in simple terms, the discovery and significance of the cosmic background radiation
- Makes this vital window onto the early universe accessible to general readers
Part of the book series: Astronomers' Universe (ASTRONOM)
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Reviews
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"Balbi … is currently working on a satellite experiment to further study the CMB. His well-written book follows the ways in which the CMB has been used to understand the universe. … he gives a very readable account of current cosmological thought, especially for general readers. Summing Up: Recommended. All undergraduate and public libraries." (A. Spero, Choice, Vol. 46 (9), May, 2009)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Amedeo Balbi is a researcher in cosmology at the Department of Physics of the University of Rome Tor Vergata. In the past, he worked at the University of California at Berkeley with George Smoot (Nobel Prize 2006 in Physics). Currently, he is involved in the preparation of ESA's forthcoming Planck satellite mission.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Music of the Big Bang
Book Subtitle: The Cosmic Microwave Background and the New Cosmology
Editors: Amedeo Balbi
Series Title: Astronomers' Universe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78728-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-78726-6Published: 09 October 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09749-2Published: 18 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-78728-0Published: 16 October 2008
Series ISSN: 1614-659X
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6651
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 160
Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Original Italian edition published in the series: Le Stelle, Springer Milano, 2007
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Popular Science in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory