The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life [[electronic resource] ] : The Search for Our Cosmic Roots / / by Pekka Teerikorpi, Mauri Valtonen, Kirsi Lehto, Harry Lehto, Gene Byrd, Arthur Chernin |
Autore | Teerikorpi Pekka |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIX, 584 p. 258 illus., 34 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 523.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Cosmologia
Història de la ciència Astrobiology Cosmology Planetology Astrophysics Physics Astrophysics and Astroparticles History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-030-17921-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910349501903321 |
Teerikorpi Pekka
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Kepler Problem in the Presence of Dark Energy, and the Cosmic Local Flow [[electronic resource] /] / by Alexander Silbergleit, Arthur Chernin |
Autore | Silbergleit Alexander |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 68 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 523.1 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Cosmology
Gravitation Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory |
ISBN | 3-030-36752-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Two-Body Problem with Dark Energy -- Radial Motions: Exact Solution and Its Analysis -- Orbital (Planar) Motions: Exact Solution and Its Analysis -- All Motions: Summary. Locality and Stability of Finite Motions -- Dark Energy and the Local Cosmic Flow -- Concluding Remarks. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910741170703321 |
Silbergleit Alexander
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