Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe

Synopsis of Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe

«Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe» is Martin Rees's cosmology essay, published by Basic Books in paperback (208 pages).

Martin Rees explains how a single genesis event created galaxies, black holes, stars and planets, and how atoms assembled into living beings. Six numbers imprinted in the Big Bang fix the essential features of the universe; cosmic evolution is so sensitive to them that, if any were off, there would be no stars or life.

English edition, published in May 2001. ISBN 978-0-465-03673-8. A popular science work on cosmology and astrophysics.

For the general public interested in popular science, cosmology and astronomy, with an accessible approach.