Nature's Balancing ACT: How Small Quirks of Physics Makes Life Possible - Hardcover
by Ken Hicks
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197771440ISBN-10:197771440UPC:9780197771440Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Physics, Space ScienceBook Topic:Astrophysics, AstronomySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCJ49YT1R4
Nature's Balancing ACT: How Small Quirks of Physics Makes Life Possible
Are the physical laws of our universe finely tuned, such that life can exist? What does this imply about how our universe formed? Questions like these are examined in Nature's Balancing Act, presented for a wide audience. From the Big Bang to present-day research, ranging from gravitational waves to experiments on antimatter, our physical laws are shown to be slightly off balance, allowing life...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197771440ISBN-10:197771440UPC:9780197771440Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Physics, Space ScienceBook Topic:Astrophysics, AstronomySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCJ49YT1R4
Ken Hicks is an experimental particle physicist. He has led experiments at accelerator facilities in the U.S. and Japan and has co-authored over 250 scientific journal articles. For 15 years, he wrote an astronomy column for the Columbus Dispatch. Now Professor Emeritus, he taught at Ohio University for 34 years and is currently a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy. He is a Fellow of the...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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