02931nam 2200649 a 450 991078403920332120230721025438.01-281-12116-99786611121167981-270-830-8(CKB)1000000000334181(EBL)312322(OCoLC)476099673(SSID)ssj0000216823(PQKBManifestationID)11178945(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216823(PQKBWorkID)10201877(PQKB)11048399(MiAaPQ)EBC312322(WSP)00006271(Au-PeEL)EBL312322(CaPaEBR)ebr10188720(CaONFJC)MIL112116(EXLCZ)99100000000033418120070104d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOur place in the universe[electronic resource] /Norman K. GlendenningLondon Imperial College Press ;Singapore ;Hackensack, NJ World Scientificc20071 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-270-069-2 981-270-068-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 215) and index.Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1. A Day without Yesterday; Chapter 2. Formation of Galaxies; Chapter 3. Birth and Life of Stars; Chapter 4. Supernovae: Death and Trans guration of Stars; Chapter 5. Nebulae; Chapter 6. Spacetime, Relativity, and Superdense Matter; Chapter 7. Origins; Chapter 8. First Modern Astronomer; Chapter 9. Life on Earth; Chapter 10. Other Planets and Their Moons; Chapter 11. New Worlds; Bibliography; IndexOur Place in the Universe tells the story of our world, formation of the first galaxies and stars formed from great clouds containing the primordial elements made in the first few minutes; birth of stars, their lives and deaths in fiery supernova explosions; formation of the solar system, its planets and many moons; life on Earth, its needs and vicissitudes on land and in the seas; finally exoplanets, planets that surround distant stars. Interspersed in the text are short pieces on some of those who revealed these wonders to us. It is written in a very authoritative and readable form and contaCosmologyGalaxiesFormationGalaxiesEvolutionAstrophysicsSolar systemOriginCosmology.GalaxiesFormation.GalaxiesEvolution.Astrophysics.523.1Glendenning Norman K461674MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784039203321Our place in the universe3855016UNINA