LEADER 05291nam 22007695 450 001 9910349501903321 005 20220622104955.0 010 $a3-030-17921-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-17921-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000009191152 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-17921-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5926541 035 $a(PPN)258875666 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009191152 100 $a20190904d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life $eThe Search for Our Cosmic Roots /$fby Pekka Teerikorpi, Mauri Valtonen, Kirsi Lehto, Harry Lehto, Gene Byrd, Arthur Chernin 205 $a2nd ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (XIX, 584 p. 258 illus., 34 illus. in color.) 311 $a3-030-17920-6 327 $aPreface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Part 1: The Widening World View -- When Science Was Born -- Science in Athens -- Planetary Spheres and the Size of the Universe -- Medieval Cosmology -- The Roots of the Copernican Revolution -- The True Laws of Planetary Motion Revealed -- Galileo Galilei and His Successors -- How Far Away Are the Stars? -- The Scale of the Solar System -- Part 2: Physical Laws of Nature -- Newton -- Celestial Mechanics -- Nature of Light -- Electricity and Magnetism -- Time and Space -- Curved Space and Gravity -- Atoms and Nuclei -- Strange Microworld -- Elementary Particles -- Part 3: The Universe -- Stars: Cosmic Fusion Reactors -- The Riddle of the Milky Way -- Entering the Galaxy Universe -- Large-scale Structure of the Universe -- Finite or Infinite Universe: Cosmological Models -- When it all Began: Big Bang -- The Dark Side of the Universe -- Active Galaxies: Messages Through Radio Waves -- Origin of Galaxies -- Part 4: Life in the Universe -- The Nature of Life -- The Origin of Earth and its Moon -- Emergence and Evolution of Life -- Life and our Solar System -- Extrasolar Planetary Systems and Life in other Solar Systems -- Human?s Role in the Universe -- Recommended Reading -- Index. 330 $aRegarding his discoveries, Sir Isaac Newton famously said, "If I have seen further it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life describes, complete with fascinating biographical details of the thinkers involved, a history of the universe as interpreted by the expanding body of knowledge of humankind. From subatomic particles to the protein chains that form life, and expanding in scale to the entire universe, this book covers the science that explains how we came to be. This book contains a great breadth of knowledge, from astronomy and physics to chemistry and biology. The second edition brings this story up to date, chronicling scientific achievements in recent years in such fields of research as cosmology, the large-scale architecture of the universe, black holes, exoplanets, and the search for extraterrestrial life. With over 250 figures, this is a non-technical, easy-to-read textbook at an introductory college level that is ideal for anyone interested in science as well as its history. 606 $aCosmologia$2thub 606 $aHistòria de la ciència$2thub 606 $aAstrobiology 606 $aCosmology 606 $aPlanetology 606 $aAstrophysics 606 $aPhysics 606 $aAstrobiology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22057 606 $aCosmology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22049 606 $aPlanetology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G18010 606 $aAstrophysics and Astroparticles$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22022 606 $aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P29000 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 7$aCosmologia 615 7$aHistòria de la ciència 615 0$aAstrobiology. 615 0$aCosmology. 615 0$aPlanetology. 615 0$aAstrophysics. 615 0$aPhysics. 615 14$aAstrobiology. 615 24$aCosmology. 615 24$aPlanetology. 615 24$aAstrophysics and Astroparticles. 615 24$aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. 676 $a523.1 676 $a523.1 700 $aTeerikorpi$b Pekka$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0738231 702 $aValtonen$b Mauri$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aLehto$b Kirsi$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aLehto$b Harry$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aByrd$b Gene$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aChernin$b Arthur$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910349501903321 996 $aThe Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life$92518965 997 $aUNINA