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The Very First Light: The True Inside Story of the Scientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the Universe
By
John C. Mather and
John Boslough
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Basic Books
Publication date
December 10, 1996
Pages
328
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780465015757
ISBN-10
0465015751
Dimensions
1.50 by 6.75 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.45 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$27.50
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
A NASA insider on the Cosmic Background Explorer spacecraft project tells the story of how, despite the work of hundreds of people, one scientist, George Smoot, grabbed all the headlines and glory. National ad/promo.
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Hardcover
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from Basic Books (December 10, 1996)
9780465015757 | details & prices | 328 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $27.50
About: Tells the story of the Cosmic Background Explorer project, detailing its origins, the struggles to keep the project alive, and the successful experiments which confirmed the Big Bang theory
About: Tells the story of the Cosmic Background Explorer project, detailing its origins, the struggles to keep the project alive, and the successful experiments which confirmed the Big Bang theory
Paperback
Rev upd edition from Basic Books (September 29, 2008)
9780465005291 | details & prices | 353 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $21.99
With Kenneth Friedrich |
from Basic Books (November 1, 1998)
9780465015764 | details & prices | 352 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $16.00
This edition also contains Sonata for Horn
About: Tells the story of the Cosmic Background Explorer project, detailing its origins, the struggles to keep the project alive, and the successful experiments which confirmed the Big Bang theory
This edition also contains Sonata for Horn
About: Tells the story of the Cosmic Background Explorer project, detailing its origins, the struggles to keep the project alive, and the successful experiments which confirmed the Big Bang theory
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