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Dispatches from Planet 3 : thirty-two (brief) tales on the solar system, the Milky Way, and beyond /
An award-winning science writer presents a captivating collection of cosmological essays for the armchair astronomer. The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological "tales" by multiple award-winning science writer Marcia B...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven (Conn.) ; London :
Yale University Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; ONE. Earth Is but a Speck; Celestial Neighborhood; TWO. Bedazzled by a Comet; THREE. To Be ... or Not to Be a Planet; FOUR. The Watery Allure of Mars; FIVE. Rings, Rings, Rings; SIX. The Baffling White Dwarf Star; SEVEN. The Star No Bigger Than a City; EIGHT. Ye Old Black Hole; NINE. As Though No Other Name Ever Existed; TEN. Like This World of Ours; Realm of the Galaxies; ELEVEN. Our Spiraling Home; TWELVE. The Woman Who Chased Galaxies; THIRTEEN. Stuff of the Heavens; FOURTEEN. Recipe for the Stars.
- FIFTEEN. Find a Way Around ItSIXTEEN. Dark Matters; SEVENTEEN. Cosmic Funhouse; EIGHTEEN. Rivers of Galaxies; NINETEEN. The Big Dipper Is Crying; TWENTY. Einstein's Symphony; TWENTY-ONE. Underground Astronomy; TWENTY-TWO. Eavesdropping on the Universe; TWENTY-THREE. The Once and Future Quasar; To the Big Bang and Beyond; TWENTY-FOUR. Finding a Cosmic Yardstick; TWENTY-FIVE. The Cosmologist Left Behind; TWENTY-SIX. The Primeval Atom; TWENTY-SEVEN. Proving the Big Bang; TWENTY-EIGHT. It's Now Einstein's Universe; TWENTY-NINE. The Big Burp; THIRTY. The Great Escape.
- THIRTY-ONE. Meet the MultiverseTHIRTY-TWO. When the Universe Began, What Time Was It?; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.