03365nam 22005895 450 991015747280332120200630012316.03-319-48775-210.1007/978-3-319-48775-5(CKB)3710000001001444(DE-He213)978-3-319-48775-5(MiAaPQ)EBC4774148(PPN)19745545X(EXLCZ)99371000000100144420161228d2017 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Pillars of Creation Giant Molecular Clouds, Star Formation, and Cosmic Recycling /by Martin Beech1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2017.1 online resource (XII, 272 p. 125 illus., 109 illus. in color.) Popular Astronomy,2626-87603-319-48774-4 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Preface -- Chapter 1- Reading the Sky -- Chapter 2 - In the Eye of the Beholder -- Chapter 3: The Dark Clouds Revealed -- Chapter 4 – The Hyperfine Split and Atomic Jitters -- Chapter 5 – In the Grip of Gravity -- Chapter 6 - It's a Far Flung Life -- Appendix - Notes and References -- Index.This book explores the mechanics of star formation, the process by which matter pulls together and creates new structures. Written for science enthusiasts, the author presents an accessible explanation of how stars are born from the interstellar medium and giant molecular clouds. Stars produce the chemicals that lead to life, and it is they that have enabled the conditions for planets to form and life to emerge. Although the Big Bang provided the spark of initiation, the primordial universe that it sired was born hopelessly sterile. It is only through the continued recycling of the interstellar medium, star formation, and stellar evolution that the universe has been animated beyond a chaotic mess of elementary atomic particles, radiation, dark matter, dark energy, and expanding spacetime. Using the Milky Way and the Eagle Nebula in particular as case studies, Beech follows every step of this amazing process. .Popular Astronomy,2626-8760AstronomyCosmologyOrganic chemistryAstrobiologyPopular Science in Astronomyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009Cosmologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22049Organic Chemistryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/C19007Astrobiologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22057Astronomy.Cosmology.Organic chemistry.Astrobiology.Popular Science in Astronomy.Cosmology.Organic Chemistry.Astrobiology.520Beech Martinauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut792222BOOK9910157472803321The Pillars of Creation2108051UNINA