A journey through the universe : Gresham lectures on astronomy /
"Providing an in-depth understanding both for general readers and astronomy enthusiasts, this highly comprehensive book provides an up-to-date survey of our knowledge of the Universe beyond Earth. The book explores our Solar System, its planets and other bodies; examines the Sun and how it and...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Watchers of the skies
- Our Sun
- Aspects of our Solar System
- The rocky planets
- The hunt for Planet X
- Voyages to the outer planets
- Harbingers of doom
- Impact!
- Four hundred years of the telescope
- The family of stars
- Aging stars
- The search for other worlds
- Are we alone? The search for life beyond the Earth
- Our island Universe
- Wonders of the southern sky
- Proving Einstein right
- Black holes : no need to be afraid
- It's about time
- Hubble's heritage : the astronomer and the telescope that honours his name
- The violent Universe
- The invisible Universe : dark matter and dark energy
- The afterglow of creation
- To infinity and beyond : a view of the cosmos.