Is our Universe natural?

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7088, 2006, Pages 1132-1136

  Carroll, Sean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

COSMOLOGISTS; PHYSICISTS; UNIVERSE;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL FEATURE;

COSMOS; DYNAMICS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 33646347416     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04804     Document Type: Review

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