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ULTIMELE
TREI MINUTE
Ipoteze privind soarta universului
Ediþia a doua
Traducere din englezã de
ALEXANDRU DAVID
Ó
H U MAN I TAS
BUCUREªTI
Metereze-mprejur de lumi necuprinse,
Strivite de-a vremii povarã ostilã,
Rãmâne-vor colb ºi surpate ruine.
Lucreþiu, De rerum natura
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178 BIBLIOGRAFIE
Prefaþã. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Ziua de pe urmã . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2. Universul muribund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3. Primele trei minute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4. Soarta stelelor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
5. Cãderea nopþii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6. Cântãrirea universului. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7. Veºnicia dureazã mult. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
8. Viaþa în ritm lent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
9. Viaþa în ritm rapid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
10. Moarte subitã ºi renaºtere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
11. Lumi fãrã sfârºit? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Bibliografie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177