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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 planet...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Glendenning, Norman K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Imperial College Press ; World Scientific, ©2007.
Subjects:
Cosmology.
Galaxies > Formation.
Galaxies > Evolution.
Astrophysics.
Cosmologie.
Galaxies > Évolution.
Astrophysique.
cosmology.
astrophysics.
SCIENCE > Cosmology.
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Galaxies > Evolution
Galaxies > Formation
Origin of the Solar system
Solar system > Origin.
Système solaire > Origines.
Solar system
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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