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''Alpha & Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe'' is the second non-fiction book by Charles Seife, published by Viking, a division of Penguin Putnam, in 2003. It is a survey of historic and contemporary efforts at cosmology: to describe the universe, trace the universe back to its origins, including the Big Bang Theory, and to determine the universe's eventual end-state. The books title refers to the Alpha and Omega appellation for Christ, as found in the Book of Revelation. A paperback reprint was published in 2004, also from Penguin. ==Table of contents== * Preface # "The First Cosmology: The Golden Age of the Gods" # "The First Cosmological Revolution: The Copernican Theory" # "The Second Cosmological Revolution: Hubble and the Big Bang" # "The Third Revolution Begins: The Universe Amok" # "The Music of the Spheres: The Cosmic Microwave Background" # "The Dark Universe: What's the Matter with Matter?" # "Darker Still: The Enigma of Exotic Dark Matter" # "The Big Bang in Our Backyard: The Birth of Baryons" # "The Good Nus: The Exotic Neutrino" # "Supersymmetry: Fearlessly Framing the Laws of Matter" # "Seeing the Invisible: MACHOs, WIMPs, and Illuminating the Darkest Regions of the Universe" # "The Deepest Mystery in Physics: Λ, the Vacuum, and Inflation", Λ being the symbol for the Cosmological constant # "Wrinkles in Spacetime: Gravitational Waves and the Early Universe" # "Beyond the Third Revolution: Voyage to the Ends of Time" * "Appendix A: Tired Light Retired" * "Appendix B: Where Does Matter Come From?" * "Appendix C: Nobel Prizes in Physics—Past and Future" Seife predicts which scientists are likely to win a Nobel Prize for their work in cosmology. * "Appendix D: Some Experiments to Watch" * Glossary, Select Bibliography, Acknowledgements, Index 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alpha & Omega (book)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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