TY - BOOK AU - Silk, Joseph TI - A Short History of the Universe T2 - Scientific American Library paperback, no. 53 SN - 9780716760207 U1 - 523.1 PY - 1997/// CY - New York : Scientific American Library : PB - Distributed by W.H. Freeman, . KW - Cosmology KW - Astrophysics N1 - Includes Index N2 - In this work, the cosmologist, Joseph Silk, describes what is currently known about the history and construction of the universe. Recent discoveries about fluctuations in cosmic background radiation and their implications are included, as are some of the great controversies in cosmology ER -