The Runaway Universe

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Harper & Row, 1978 - Science - 205 pages
From the primeval fire and the first big bang that generated both space and time, the universe has been moving gradually toward disintegration. One day it will come to stardom - the ultimate catastrophe. The sun will burn out, the galaxies will turn into giant graveyards, and space-time will be overwhelmed as black holes swallow up whole stars and star systems and coalesce to form superholes. Without the use of complex formulas or symbols Paul Davies explains some of these mind-boggling concepts, telling as exciting a story as any that can ever be. He explores, too, the place of intelligent life in a universe moving inexorably to obliteration, suggesting the outlines of a new supertechnology that may allow survival.

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Illustrations
7
The emerging universe
13
Primeval fire
33
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The Runaway Universe
P. C. W. Davies
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Paul Davies is an internationally acclaimed physicist, writer and broadcaster. He received degrees in physics from University College, London. He was Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University, Sydney and has held previous academic appointments at the Universities of Cambridge, London, Newcastle upon Tyne and Adelaide. Most of his research has been in the area of quantum field theory in curved spacetime. Davies has also has written many books for the general reader in the fascinating fields of cosmology and physics. He is the author of over twenty-five books, including The Mind of God, Other Worlds, God and the New Physics, The Edge of Infinity, The Cosmic Blueprint, Are We Alone?, The Fifth Miracle, The Last Three Minutes, About Time, and How to Build a Time Machine. His awards include an Advance Australia Award for outstanding contributions to science, two Eureka Prizes, the 2001 Kelvin Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics, and the 2002 Faraday Prize by The Royal Society for Progress in religion. He also received the Templeton Prize for his contributions to the deeper implications of science. In April 1999 the asteroid 1992 OG was officially named (6870) Pauldavies in his honour.

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TitleThe Runaway Universe
AuthorP. C. W. Davies
Editionillustrated
PublisherHarper & Row, 1978
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedSep 21, 2006
ISBN0060109718, 9780060109714
Length205 pages
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