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A brief welcome to the universe : a pocket-sized tour / / Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott
| A brief welcome to the universe : a pocket-sized tour / / Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott |
| Autore | Tyson Neil deGrasse |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astrophysics
Cosmology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Accelerating expansion of the universe
Accretion (astrophysics) Alpha particle Andromeda Galaxy Angular diameter Astrobiology Astrophysics Atomic nucleus Barred spiral galaxy Big Bang Calculation Chemical element Chronology of the universe Circumference Copernican principle Cosmic Background Explorer Cosmic microwave background Cosmic string Cosmogony Dark energy De Sitter space Deuterium Dimension Earth Einstein field equations Elementary particle Elliptic orbit Energy density Event horizon Exoplanet Extraterrestrial life Galactic Center Galactic year Galaxy cluster Googol Gravitational wave Gravity Hawking radiation Hubble Space Telescope Hubble's law Inflation (cosmology) Interstellar medium Irregular galaxy Jim Peebles Jupiter Kepler (spacecraft) Kuiper belt Light-year Longevity Luminosity Main sequence Measurement Metric expansion of space Milky Way Molecule Neutron star Neutron Newton's law of universal gravitation Nitrogen Nuclear fusion Nuclear reaction Observable universe Orion Nebula Photon Physicist Planck (spacecraft) Planetary habitability Planetary nebula Positron Prediction Pressure Quantity Quantum tunnelling Quasar Real Humans Red giant Result Satellite galaxy Saturn Shape of the universe Solar System Solar mass Spacecraft Spiral galaxy Star Supernova Temperature The Astrophysical Journal The Pluto Files Thermal radiation Universe Today Universe Uranus Vacuum energy Vacuum state Wavelength Weakly interacting massive particles Welcome to the Universe White dwarf Year |
| ISBN | 0-691-22361-0 |
| Classificazione | SCI005000SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- A Note to the Reader -- 1 Size and Scale of the Universe -- 2 Pluto's Place in the Solar System -- 3 The Lives and Deaths of Stars -- 4 The Search for Life in the Galaxy -- 5 Our Milky Way and Its Supermassive Black Hole -- 6 Galaxies, the Expanding Universe, and the Big Bang -- 7 Inflation and the Multiverse -- 8 Our Future in the Universe -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554222803321 |
Tyson Neil deGrasse
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] | ||
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Explaining the cosmos [[electronic resource] ] : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy / / Daniel W. Graham
| Explaining the cosmos [[electronic resource] ] : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy / / Daniel W. Graham |
| Autore | Graham Daniel W |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
| Disciplina | 182.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy, Ancient
Pre-Socratic philosophers |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Absolute (philosophy)
Alcmaeon of Croton Alexander of Aphrodisias Allusion Ambiguity Analogy Anaxagoras Anaximander Anaximenes Antidosis Apeiron (cosmology) Aristotle Atomism Causality Chemical element Chemical formula Classical element Coeus Concept Contradiction Cosmogony Cratylus Crius Cronus Democritus Diogenes of Apollonia Dualism (philosophy of mind) Dualism Eleatics Emergence Empedocles Empirical evidence Essence Existence Explanandum Explanation Explication Fallacy First principle Four causes Greek Philosophy Hippias Hypothesis Ignoratio elenchi Inference Inquiry Instance (computer science) Isocrates Leucippus Lucretius Material monism Meteorology Monism Multitude Mythology Natural philosophy Natural science On Generation and Corruption On the Heavens Ontology Ousia Parmenides Peripatetic school Phenomenon Philolaus Philosopher Philosophical theory Philosophy Pre-Socratic philosophy Premise Principle Process philosophy Prose Pythagoreanism Quantity Rarefaction Reality Reason Science Scientific method Scientist Sophist Substance theory Teleology Test theory The Philosopher Theogony Theophrastus Theoretical physics Theory of Forms Theory of change Theory Thomas Kuhn Thought Timaeus (dialogue) Trace Amounts Treatise Unity of opposites World view Xenophanes |
| ISBN |
1-282-45828-0
9786612458286 1-4008-2745-0 |
| Classificazione |
08.21
08.35 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Brief References -- 1. The Ionian Program -- 2. Anaximander's Principles -- 3. Anaximenes' Theory of Change -- 4. The Generating Substance Theory as an Explanatory Hypothesis -- 5. Heraclitus's Criticism of Ionian Philosophy -- 6. Parmenides' Criticism of Ionian Philosophy -- 7. Anaxagoras and Empedocles: Eleatic Pluralists -- 8. The Elemental Substance Theory as an Explanatory Hypothesis -- 9. The Atomist Reform -- 10. Diogenes of Apollonia and Material Monism -- 11. The Ionian Legacy -- References -- Index Locorum -- General Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781050803321 |
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Graham Daniel W
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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