02364nam 2200565 a 450 991045714240332120200520144314.01-282-44117-597866124411721-84816-274-X(CKB)2550000000000579(EBL)477270(OCoLC)608624731(SSID)ssj0000343726(PQKBManifestationID)11252703(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343726(PQKBWorkID)10291893(PQKB)10845486(MiAaPQ)EBC477270(WSP)00001711 (Au-PeEL)EBL477270(CaPaEBR)ebr10361811(CaONFJC)MIL244117(EXLCZ)99255000000000057920080726d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTime, space, stars & man[electronic resource] the story of the big bang /Michael M. WoolfsonLondon Imperial College Press ;Hackensack, NJ Distributed by World Scientific Pub.c20081 online resource (435 p.)Includes index.1-84816-273-1 1-84816-272-3 Contents; Introduction; The Universe; Matter and the Universe; Stars, Stellar Clusters and Galaxies; The Solar System; Forming the Solar System; Life on Earth; IndexMost well-read, but non-scientific, people will have heard of the term "Big Bang" as a description of the origin of the Universe. They will recognize that DNA identifies individuals and will know that the origin of life is one of the great unsolved scientific mysteries. This book brings together all of that material. Starting with the creation of space and time - known as the Big Bang - the book traces causally related steps through the formation of matter, of stars and planets, the Earth itself, the evolution of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, and then through to the beginnings of life anBig bang theoryElectronic books.Big bang theory.523.1/8Woolfson M. M605502MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457142403321Time, space, stars & man2229871UNINA