LEADER 02327nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910827176403321 005 20240505175237.0 010 $a1-282-44117-5 010 $a9786612441172 010 $a1-84816-274-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000000579 035 $a(EBL)477270 035 $a(OCoLC)608624731 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000343726 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11252703 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343726 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10291893 035 $a(PQKB)10845486 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC477270 035 $a(WSP)00001711 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL477270 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10361811 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL244117 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000000579 100 $a20080726d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTime, space, stars & man $ethe story of the big bang /$fMichael M. Woolfson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cImperial College Press ;$aHackensack, NJ $cDistributed by World Scientific Pub.$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (435 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-84816-273-1 311 $a1-84816-272-3 327 $aContents; Introduction; The Universe; Matter and the Universe; Stars, Stellar Clusters and Galaxies; The Solar System; Forming the Solar System; Life on Earth; Index 330 $aMost 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 an 606 $aBig bang theory 615 0$aBig bang theory. 676 $a523.1/8 700 $aWoolfson$b M. M$0605502 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827176403321 996 $aTime, space, stars & man$94086721 997 $aUNINA