Extreme cosmos [[electronic resource] /] / Bryan Gaensler
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| Autore: |
Gaensler Bryan
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| Titolo: |
Extreme cosmos [[electronic resource] /] / Bryan Gaensler
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| Pubblicazione: | Sydney, : NewSouth Pub., 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 523.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Astronomy |
| Soggetto geografico: | Outer space |
| 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.: | 9910781747603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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