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Just Six Numbers

The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe

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Just Six Numbers

By: Martin J. Rees
Narrated by: John Curless
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How did a single "genesis event" create billions of galaxies, black holes, stars, and planets? How did atoms assemble - here on earth, and perhaps on other worlds - into living beings intricate enough to ponder their origins? What fundamental laws govern our universe?

This audiobook describes new discoveries and offers remarkable insights into these fundamental questions.

There are deep connections between stars and atoms, between the cosmos and the microworld. Just six numbers, imprinted in the "Big Bang", determine the essential features of our entire physical world. Moreover, cosmic evolution is astonishingly sensitive to the values of these numbers. If any one of them were "untuned", there could be no stars and no life. This realization offers a radically new perspective on our universe, our place in it, and the nature of physical laws.

©2000 Martin Rees (P)2018 Recorded Books Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science Cosmology Physics Science Mathematics Interstellar Solar System Black Hole Discovery
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loved it all easy to follow totally precise well explained will recommend this to a lot of people I know

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fantastic and fascinating
I have learnt such, and share what I have learnt with friends,( or anyone who will listen) highly recommended.

one of my favourites

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Science keeps discovering new amazing ways this universe works
The impact of certain numbers is a something to behold

Astounding must read

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