Is the Universe Open or Closed?: The Density of Matter in the Universe

by George Francis Rayner Ellis and Peter Coles

Book Overview

This controversial book examines one of the most fundamental questions of modern cosmology: how much matter is there in the Universe? This issue affects theories of the origin and evolution of the Universe as well as its geometrical structure and ultimate fate. The authors address this debate and point out the most likely avenues for determining the actual density of Universe matter in both visible and invisible forms by pulling together evidence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521566894
• ISBN13: 9780521566896
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"