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Autore: | Gaensler Bryan |
Titolo: | Extreme cosmos [[electronic resource] /] / Bryan Gaensler |
Pubblicazione: | Sydney, : NewSouth Pub., 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
Disciplina: | 523.2 |
Soggetto topico: | Astronomy |
Soggetto geografico: | Outer space |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Preface; Introduction; 1. Extremes of temperature; 2. Extremes of light; 3. Extremes of time; 4. Extremes of size; 5. Extremes of speed; 6. Extremes of mass; 7. Extremes of sound; 8. Extremes of electricity and magnetism; 9. Extremes of gravity; 10. Extremes of density; Epilogue |
Sommario/riassunto: | The universe is all about extremes. Space has a temperature 270°C below freezing. Stars die in catastrophic supernova explosions a billion times brighter than the Sun. A black hole can generate 10 million trillion volts of electricity. And hypergiants are stars 2 billion kilometres across, larger than the orbit of Jupiter. Extreme Cosmos provides a stunning new view of the way the Universe works, seen through the lens of extremes: the fastest, hottest, heaviest, brightest, oldest, densest and even the loudest. This is an astronomy book that not only offers amazing facts and figures but also re |
Titolo autorizzato: | Extreme cosmos |
ISBN: | 1-74224-565-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910457551903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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