Genesis of the Big Bang

by Ralph A. Alpher and Robert Herman

Book Overview

The authors of this volume have been intimately connected with the conception of the Big Bang model since 1947. Following the late George Gamow's ideas in 1942 and more particularly in 1946 that the early universe was an appropriate site for the synthesis of the elements, they became deeply involved in the question of cosmic nucleosynthesis and particularly the synthesis of the light elements. In the course of this work they developed a general relativistic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195111826
• ISBN13: 9780195111828
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"