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Our place in the universe / / Norman K. Glendenning



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Autore: Glendenning Norman K Visualizza persona
Titolo: Our place in the universe / / Norman K. Glendenning Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : Imperial College Press
Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina: 523.1
Soggetto topico: Cosmology
Galaxies - Formation
Galaxies - Evolution
Astrophysics
Soggetto geografico: Solar system Origin
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1. A Day without Yesterday; Chapter 2. Formation of Galaxies; Chapter 3. Birth and Life of Stars; Chapter 4. Supernovae: Death and Trans guration of Stars; Chapter 5. Nebulae; Chapter 6. Spacetime, Relativity, and Superdense Matter; Chapter 7. Origins; Chapter 8. First Modern Astronomer; Chapter 9. Life on Earth; Chapter 10. Other Planets and Their Moons; Chapter 11. New Worlds; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Our Place in the Universe tells the story of our world, formation of the first galaxies and stars formed from great clouds containing the primordial elements made in the first few minutes; birth of stars, their lives and deaths in fiery supernova explosions; formation of the solar system, its planets and many moons; life on Earth, its needs and vicissitudes on land and in the seas; finally exoplanets, planets that surround distant stars. Interspersed in the text are short pieces on some of those who revealed these wonders to us. It is written in a very authoritative and readable form and conta
Titolo autorizzato: Our place in the universe  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-12116-9
9786611121167
981-270-830-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808872003321
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