The Dancing Universe: From Creation Myths to the Big Bang

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

THE DANCING UNIVERSE UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SERIES THE DANCING UNIVERSE F R O M C R E A T I O N M Y T H S T O T H E BIG B A N G dartmouth college press Hanover, New Hampshire Published by University Press of New England / Hanover and London MARCELO GLEISER DARTMOUTH COLLEGE PRESS Published by University Press of New England, One Court Street, Lebanon, NH 03766 www.upne.com© 1997 by Marcelo Gleiser Preface to the 2005 Edition © 2005 by Marcelo Gleiser Originally published in cloth in 1997 by Dutton, an imprint of Dutton Signet, a member of Penguin Putnam, Inc. First Dartmouth College Press/UPNE paperback edition 2005 Library of Congress Control Number 2004113702 Printed in the United States of America 5 4 3 2 ISBN–13: 978–1–58465–466–7 ISBN–10: 1–58465–466–X All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer , who may quote brief passages in a review. Members of educational institutions and organizations wishing to photocopy any of the work for classroom use, or authors and publishers who would like to obtain permission for any of the material in the work, should contact Permissions, University Press of New England, One Court Street, Lebanon, NH 03766. The Library of Congress has cataloged the original edition as follows: library฀of฀congress฀cataloging-in-publication฀data Gleiser, Marcelo. The dancing universe : from creation myths to the big bang / Marcelo Gleiser. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–525–94112–6 1. Cosmology. I. Title. QB981.G57 1997 523.1—dc21 97–17670 . New American Library To the memory of my parents Gleiser฀fm.indd฀฀฀4 5/24/06฀฀฀10:21:04฀AM ...