Cargando…
The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life The Search for Our Cosmic Roots /
Sir Isaac Newton famously said, regarding his discoveries, "If I have seen further it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life describes, complete with fascinating biographical details of the thinkers involved, the ascent to the metaphorica...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
| Autor Corporativo: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2009.
|
| Edición: | 1st ed. 2009. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.