06243nam 2201717 450 991055422280332120211112211252.00-691-22361-010.1515/9780691223612(CKB)5600000000003032(MiAaPQ)EBC6554383(DE-B1597)582802(OCoLC)1266228834(DE-B1597)9780691223612(PPN)258899115(EXLCZ)99560000000000303220211023h20212021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA brief welcome to the universe a pocket-sized tour /Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard GottPrinceton, New Jersey :Princeton University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (247 pages) illustrations0-691-21994-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- A Note to the Reader -- 1 Size and Scale of the Universe -- 2 Pluto's Place in the Solar System -- 3 The Lives and Deaths of Stars -- 4 The Search for Life in the Galaxy -- 5 Our Milky Way and Its Supermassive Black Hole -- 6 Galaxies, the Expanding Universe, and the Big Bang -- 7 Inflation and the Multiverse -- 8 Our Future in the Universe -- Acknowledgments -- IndexA pocket-style edition distilled from the New York Times bestsellerAwaiting you in this breezy book is a whirlwind tour through the cosmos-a journey of exploration to other planets, stars, and galaxies, and from black holes to time loops. With acclaimed astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott at your side, here you will find a brief and yet breathtaking introduction to the universe, which will help you in your quest to understand how the cosmos actually works.A Brief Welcome to the Universe propels you from our home solar system to the outermost frontiers of space, building your cosmic insight and perspective through a marvelously entertaining narrative. How do stars live and die? What are the prospects of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? How did the universe begin? Why is it expanding and accelerating in the process? Is our universe alone or part of an infinite multiverse? Exploring these and many other questions, this pocket-friendly book is your passport into the wonders of our evolving cosmos.AstrophysicsPopular worksCosmologyPopular worksAccelerating expansion of the universe.Accretion (astrophysics).Alpha particle.Andromeda Galaxy.Angular diameter.Astrobiology.Astrophysics.Atomic nucleus.Barred spiral galaxy.Big Bang.Calculation.Chemical element.Chronology of the universe.Circumference.Copernican principle.Cosmic Background Explorer.Cosmic microwave background.Cosmic string.Cosmogony.Dark energy.De Sitter space.Deuterium.Dimension.Earth.Einstein field equations.Elementary particle.Elliptic orbit.Energy density.Event horizon.Exoplanet.Extraterrestrial life.Galactic Center.Galactic year.Galaxy cluster.Googol.Gravitational wave.Gravity.Hawking radiation.Hubble Space Telescope.Hubble's law.Inflation (cosmology).Interstellar medium.Irregular galaxy.Jim Peebles.Jupiter.Kepler (spacecraft).Kuiper belt.Light-year.Longevity.Luminosity.Main sequence.Measurement.Metric expansion of space.Milky Way.Molecule.Neutron star.Neutron.Newton's law of universal gravitation.Nitrogen.Nuclear fusion.Nuclear reaction.Observable universe.Orion Nebula.Photon.Physicist.Planck (spacecraft).Planetary habitability.Planetary nebula.Positron.Prediction.Pressure.Quantity.Quantum tunnelling.Quasar.Real Humans.Red giant.Result.Satellite galaxy.Saturn.Shape of the universe.Solar System.Solar mass.Spacecraft.Spiral galaxy.Star.Supernova.Temperature.The Astrophysical Journal.The Pluto Files.Thermal radiation.Universe Today.Universe.Uranus.Vacuum energy.Vacuum state.Wavelength.Weakly interacting massive particles.Welcome to the Universe.White dwarf.Year.AstrophysicsCosmology523.1SCI005000SCI055000bisacshTyson Neil deGrasse1165174Strauss Michael AbramGott J. Richard MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910554222803321A brief welcome to the universe2818785UNINA02442nam 2200565 a 450 991078520940332120230721013612.01-282-87543-497866128754341-4411-6468-5(CKB)2670000000054655(EBL)601541(OCoLC)682540721(SSID)ssj0000422365(PQKBManifestationID)12183394(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422365(PQKBWorkID)10418925(PQKB)10955171(MiAaPQ)EBC601541(Au-PeEL)EBL601541(CaPaEBR)ebr10427570(CaONFJC)MIL287543(EXLCZ)99267000000005465520080222d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLuce Irigaray[electronic resource] teaching /edited by Luce Irigaray with Mary GreenLondon Continuum20081 online resource (298 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84706-067-6 1-84706-068-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Healing through gaining silence and self-affection -- pt. 2. Dwelling in oneself and with the other(s) through art -- pt. 3. Maternal order within and beyond patriarchy -- pt. 4. Interpreting and embodying the divine -- pt. 5. New philosophical horizons.Luce Irigaray: Teaching explores ways to confront new issues in education. Three essays by Irigaray herself present the outcomes of her own experiments in this area and develop proposals for teaching people how to coexist in difference, reach self-affection, and rethink the relations between teachers and students. In the last few years, Irigaray has brought together young academics from various countries, universities and disciplines, all of whom were carrying out research into her work. These research students have received personal instruction from Irigaray and at the same time have learnt fFeminist theoryFeminist theory.301.092Irigaray Luce147515Green Mary1971-1013288MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785209403321Luce Irigaray3795392UNINA