Dimensions
110 x 140 x 20mm
The Deep Forces that Shape the Universe
2 Cassettes
How did a single "genesis event" create billions of galaxies, black holes, stars and planets? How did atoms assemble - here on Earth, and perhaps on other worlds - into living beings intricate enough to ponder their origins? These cassettes describe the recent avalanche of discoveries about the universe's fundamental laws, and the deep connections that exist between stars and atoms - the cosmos and the microscopic world. Just six numbers, imprinted in the "big bang", determine the essence of our world.
If any one of these 6 numbers were "untuned", there would be no stars and no life. In this tuning just a coincidence? Or is it the providence of a benign creator? Rees argues it is neither: An infinity of other universes exist where the numbers are different. Most are stillborn or sterile. We have emerged naturally in one with the right combination.
