David A. Weintraub

How Old Is the Universe?

by David A. Weintraub

Hardcover

The cosmos is 13.7 billion years old. How did we arrive at this value? Weintraub traces the lines of observation leading to this result, from the age of white dwarfs to measurements of the cosmic background radiation. HC. 380pp. 2010.

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