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Universal : a guide to the cosmos  Cover Image Book Book

Universal : a guide to the cosmos / Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw.

Summary:

In this journey of scientific exploration, the authors consider some of the most fundamental questions about our Earth, Sun, and solar system--and the star-filled galaxies beyond. How big is our solar system? How quickly is space expanding? How big is the universe? What is it made of? Some of these questions can be answered on the basis of observations you can make in your own backyard. Other answers draw on the astonishing information now being gathered by teams of astronomers operating at the frontiers of the known universe.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780306822704
  • ISBN: 0306822709
  • Physical Description: ix, 280 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
  • Edition: First Da Capo Press edition.
  • Publisher: Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The story of the universe -- How old are things? -- Weighing the Earth -- The distance to the stars -- Einstein's theory of gravity -- The Big Bang -- Weighing the universe -- What happened before the Big Bang? -- Our place -- Evolution of the universe.
Subject: Cosmology > Popular works.
Big bang theory > Popular works.
Solar system > Origin.
Big bang theory.
Cosmology.
Origin of the Solar system.
Solar system.
SCIENCE / Cosmology.
SCIENCE / Physics.
Genre: Popular works.

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  • 6 of 6 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

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Brian Cox, OBE, FRS, is a Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester and the Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. His many highly acclaimed BBC television documentaries include, most recently, Human Universe and Forces of Nature.

Jeff Forshaw is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Manchester, specializing in the physics of elementary particles. He was awarded the Institute of Physics Maxwell Medal in 1999 for outstanding contributions to theoretical physics.

Brian Cox, OBE, FRS, is a Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester and the Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. His many highly acclaimed BBC television documentaries include, most recently, Human Universe and Forces of Nature.

Jeff Forshaw is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Manchester, specializing in the physics of elementary particles. He was awarded the Institute of Physics Maxwell Medal in 1999 for outstanding contributions to theoretical physics.


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