{"product_id":"alpha-and-omega-isbn-9780142004463","title":"Alpha and Omega","description":"Humankind has grappled for millennia with the fundamental questions of the origin and end of the universe--it was a focus of ancient religions and myths and of the inquiries of Aristotle, Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton. Today we are at the brink of discoveries that should soon reveal the deepest secrets of the universe.\u003cp\u003eAlpha and Omega is a dispatch from the front lines of the cosmological revolution that is being waged at observatories and laboratories around the world-in Europe, in America, and even in Antarctica--where scientists are actually peering into both the cradle of the universe and its grave. Scientists--including galaxy hunters and microwave eavesdroppers, gravity theorists and atom smashers, all of whom are on the trail of dark matter, dark energy, and the growing inhabitants of the particle zoo-now know how the universe will end and are on the brink of understanding its beginning. Their findings will be among the greatest triumphs of science, even towering above the deciphering of the human genome. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the book you need to help understand the frequent front-page headlines heralding dramatic cosmological discoveries. It makes cutting-edge science both crystal clear and wonderfully exciting. \u003c\/p\u003eTable of Contents\u003cp\u003ePreface vii \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The First Cosmology[The Golden Age of the Gods] 1 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The First Cosmological Revolution[The Copernican Theory] 10 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: The Second Cosmological Revolution[Hubble and the Big Bang] 25 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Third Revolution Begins[The Universe Amok] 49 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The Music of the Spheres[The Cosmic Microwave Background] 63 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Dark Universe[What's the Matter with Matter?] 90 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Darker Still[The Enigma of Exotic Dark Matter] 103 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: The Big Bang in Our Backyard[The Birth of Baryons] 116 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: The Good Nus[The Exotic Neutrino] 132 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Supersymmetry[Fearlessly Framing the Laws of Matter] 150 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Seeing the Invisible[MACHOs, WIMPs, and Illuminating the Darkest Regions of the Universe] 163 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: The Deepest Mystery in Physics[\u0026amp;Lambda, the Vacuum, and Inflation] 182 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Wrinkles in Spacetime[Gravitational Waves and the Early Universe] 199 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Beyond the Third Revolution[Voyage to the Ends of Time] 215 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Tired Light Retired 225 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Where Does Matter Come From? 229 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Nobel Prizes in Physics--Past and Future 235 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix D: Some Experiments to Watch 241 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary 249 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography 269 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 277 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex 279\u003c\/p\u003eCharles Seife is the author of five previous books, including \u003ci\u003eProofiness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eZero,\u003c\/i\u003e which won the PEN\/Martha Albrand Award for first nonfiction and was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e notable book. He has written for a wide variety of publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Wired, New Scientist, Science, Scientific American,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor of journalism at New York University and lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303793545445,"sku":"NP9780142004463","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780142004463.jpg?v=1767721341","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/alpha-and-omega-isbn-9780142004463","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}