Brief Welcome to the Universe (eBook)

A Pocket-Sized Tour

J. Richard Gott, Michael A. Strauss, Neil deGrasse Tyson (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2021
248 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22361-2 (ISBN)

Infos

A pocket-style edition based on the New York Times bestsellerA Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes and time loops. Bestselling authors and acclaimed astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott take readers on an unforgettable journey of exploration to reveal how our universe actually works.Propelling you from our home solar system to the outermost frontiers of space, this book builds your cosmic insight and perspective through a marvelously entertaining narrative. How do stars live and die? What are the prospects of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? How did the universe begin? Why is it expanding and accelerating? Is our universe alone or part of an infinite multiverse? Exploring these and many other questions, this pocket-friendly book is your passport into the wonders of our evolving cosmos.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.9.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 10 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Schlagworte: Accelerating expansion of the universe • Accretion (astrophysics) • Alpha particle • Andromeda Galaxy • Angular diameter • Astrobiology • astrophysics • Atomic Nucleus • Barred spiral galaxy • Big Bang • Calculation • Chemical element • Chronology of the universe • circumference • Copernican Principle • Cosmic Background Explorer • Cosmic microwave background • cosmic string • cosmogony • dark energy • de Sitter space • Deuterium • Dimension • earth • Einstein Field Equations • elementary particle • Elliptic orbit • Energy Density • Event horizon • exoplanet • Extraterrestrial Life • Galactic Center • Galactic year • Galaxy cluster • googol • Gravitational Wave • Gravity • Hawking Radiation • Hubble's law • Hubble space telescope • Inflation (cosmology) • Interstellar Medium • Irregular galaxy • Jim Peebles • Jupiter • Kepler (spacecraft) • Kuiper Belt • light-year • Longevity • Luminosity • Main sequence • Measurement • Metric expansion of space • milky way • Molecule • Neutron • neutron star • Newton's law of universal gravitation • nitrogen • nuclear fusion • nuclear reaction • observable universe • Orion nebula • Photon • physicist • Planck (spacecraft) • planetary habitability • Planetary nebula • positron • Prediction • Pressure • Quantity • quantum tunnelling • Quasar • Real Humans • Red Giant • result • Satellite galaxy • Saturn • Shape of the universe • Solar mass • Solar System • spacecraft • Spiral galaxy • Star • Supernova • Temperature • The Astrophysical Journal • The Pluto Files • thermal radiation • Universe • Universe Today • Uranus • vacuum energy • vacuum state • Wavelength • Weakly interacting massive particles • Welcome to the Universe • White Dwarf • year
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22361-0 / 0691223610
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22361-2 / 9780691223612