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How big is big and how small is small : the sizes of everything and why /
This book is about how big is the universe and how small are quarks, and what are the sizes of dozens of things between these two extremes. It describes the sizes of atoms and planets, quarks and galaxies, cells and sequoias. It is a romp through forty-five orders of magnitude from the smallest sub-...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. From Quarks to the Cosmos: An Introduction; 2. Scales of the Living World; 3. Big Numbers; Avogadro's Number; 4. Scales of Nature; 5. Little Numbers; Boltzmann's and Planck's Constants; 6. The Sand Reckoner; 7. Energy; 8. Fleeting Moments of Time; 9. Deep and Epic Time; 10. Down to Atoms; 11. How Small Is Small; 12. Stepping Into Space: the Scales of the Solar System; 13. From the Stars to the Edge of the Universe; 14. A Little Chapter about Truly Big Numbers; 15. Forces That Sculpture Nature and Shape Destiny; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G.
- HI; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.