Extreme cosmos [[electronic resource] /] / Bryan Gaensler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781747603321
• Autore: Gaensler Bryan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sydney, : NewSouth Pub., 2011
• ISBN: 1-74224-565-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Disciplina: 523.2
• Soggetti: Astronomy; Outer space
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; Introduction; 1. Extremes of temperature; 2. Extremes of light; 3. Extremes of time; 4. Extremes of size; 5. Extremes of speed; 6. Extremes of mass; 7. Extremes of sound; 8. Extremes of electricity and magnetism; 9. Extremes of gravity; 10. Extremes of density; Epilogue
• Sommario/riassunto: The universe is all about extremes. Space has a temperature 270°C below freezing. Stars die in catastrophic supernova explosions a billion times brighter than the Sun. A black hole can generate 10 million trillion volts of electricity. And hypergiants are stars 2 billion kilometres across, larger than the orbit of Jupiter. Extreme Cosmos provides a stunning new view of the way the Universe works, seen through the lens of extremes: the fastest, hottest, heaviest, brightest, oldest, densest and even the loudest. This is an astronomy book that not only offers amazing facts and figures but also re