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BookmarkThis book is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology, explaining what it is and what cosmologists do.
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Peter Coles discusses the history of the subject, the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter..
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