The History Of Our Universe In 21 Stars
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A History Of The Universe In 21 Stars And Three Imposters
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Author : Giles Sparrow
language : en
Publisher: Welbeck Publishing
Release Date : 2020-09-03
A History Of The Universe In 21 Stars And Three Imposters written by Giles Sparrow and has been published by Welbeck Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-03 with Science categories.
A complete introduction to the heavens through the tales of these 21 key stars.
The History Of Our Universe In 21 Stars
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Author : Giles Sparrow
language : en
Publisher: Welbeck Publishing Group
Release Date : 2023-08-03
The History Of Our Universe In 21 Stars written by Giles Sparrow and has been published by Welbeck Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-03 with Science categories.
Previously published as A History of the Universe in 21 Stars. 'REVISED AND UPDATED ___ 'A wonderful book about the science, history and mythology of 21 stars (and 3 impostors).' Dr David Whitehouse Look up on a clear evening, and you'll see thousands of stars shining in the night sky, each telling a story of their own. With star maps to help easily identify key celestial bodies, astronomer Giles Sparrow takes 21 stars (and three impostors) to look at what each pinprick of light can tell us about the birth, life and death of our universe. From red giants to supernovae and from stellar cities to our own Sun, The History of Our Universe in 21 Stars shows how the lights we see in the sky can help us unravel the mysteries of the cosmos. 'Beautifully written and extremely accessible ... It's extremely difficult to put down! Gemma Lavender
The History Of Our Universe In 21 Stars
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Author : Giles Sparrow
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2023-08-03
The History Of Our Universe In 21 Stars written by Giles Sparrow and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-03 with Science categories.
Previously published as A History of the Universe in 21 Stars. 'REVISED AND UPDATED ___ 'A wonderful book about the science, history and mythology of 21 stars (and 3 impostors).' Dr David Whitehouse Look up on a clear evening, and you'll see thousands of stars shining in the night sky, each telling a story of their own. With star maps to help easily identify key celestial bodies, astronomer Giles Sparrow takes 21 stars (and three impostors) to look at what each pinprick of light can tell us about the birth, life and death of our universe. From red giants to supernovae and from stellar cities to our own Sun, The History of Our Universe in 21 Stars shows how the lights we see in the sky can help us unravel the mysteries of the cosmos. 'Beautifully written and extremely accessible ... It's extremely difficult to put down! Gemma Lavender
A History Of The Universe In 21 Stars
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Author : Giles Sparrow
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2024-06-01
A History Of The Universe In 21 Stars written by Giles Sparrow and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-01 with Science categories.
'A delight and a triumph ... A thing of beauty ... Truly, truly magical' Mark Dolan, talkRADIO Expert science writer Giles Sparrow guides you through 21 stars you can see in the night sky and what they can teach us about our universe. On a clear evening, if you look up you can see thousands of stars shining in the dark sky, each with a story of their own. Taking 21 stars (and three imposters, that cheekily aren't technically stars), expert science writer Giles Sparrow offers a complete introduction to what is happening up in the night sky. Sparrow draws 'star maps' to help you easily identify the celestial bodies and then explains (for anyone not an astronomer themselves) what this particular pinprick of light can tell us about the birth, life and death of our universe. From red giants, quasars and supernovae to black holes, multiple stars and even our own Sun, this fascinating book tells the intriguing, inspiring and sometimes incredible story of how we came to unravel the mysteries of the cosmos, and what we learnt along the way. So look up at the sky and marvel at its wonders with this exciting new book.
A History Of The Universe In 100 Stars
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Author : Florian Freistetter
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-04-15
A History Of The Universe In 100 Stars written by Florian Freistetter and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-15 with Science categories.
From the Big Bang to the Gaia Mission, this is a very personal history of the universe through the author's favourite 100 stars. Astronomer Florian Freistetter has chosen 100 stars that have almost nothing in common. Some are bright and famous, some shine so feebly you need a huge telescope. There are big stars, small stars, nearby stars and faraway stars. Some died a while ago, others have not even yet come into being. Collectively they tell the story of the whole world, according to Freistetter. There is Algol, for example, the Demon Star, whose strange behaviour has long caused people sleepless nights. And Gamma Draconis, from which we know that the earth rotates around its own axis. There is also the star sequence 61 Cygni, which revealed the size of the cosmos to us. Then there are certain stars used by astronomers to search for extra-terrestrial life, to explore interstellar space travel, or to explain why the dinosaurs became extinct. In 100 short, fascinating and entertaining chapters, Freistetter not only reveals the past and future of the cosmos, but also the story of the people who have tried to understand the world in which we live.
Our Universe
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Author : Jo Dunkley
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2019-04-08
Our Universe written by Jo Dunkley and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-08 with Science categories.
A BBC Sky at Night Best Astronomy and Space Book of the Year “[A] luminous guide to the cosmos...Jo Dunkley swoops from Earth to the observable limits, then explores stellar life cycles, dark matter, cosmic evolution and the soup-to-nuts history of the Universe.” —Nature “A grand tour of space and time, from our nearest planetary neighbors to the edge of the observable Universe...If you feel like refreshing your background knowledge...this little gem certainly won’t disappoint.” —Govert Schilling, BBC Sky at Night Most of us have heard of black holes and supernovas, galaxies and the Big Bang. But few understand more than the bare facts about the universe we call home. What is really out there? How did it all begin? Where are we going? Jo Dunkley begins in Earth’s neighborhood, explaining the nature of the Solar System, the stars in our night sky, and the Milky Way. She traces the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang fourteen billion years ago, past the birth of the Sun and our planets, to today and beyond. She then explains cutting-edge debates about such perplexing phenomena as the accelerating expansion of the universe and the possibility that our universe is only one of many. Our Universe conveys with authority and grace the thrill of scientific discovery and a contagious enthusiasm for the endless wonders of space-time.
Beyond The Stars
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Author : Paolo Saraceno
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2012-07-17
Beyond The Stars written by Paolo Saraceno and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-17 with categories.
"What is the origin of the universe? Are we alone in the Universe?" Using clear and plain language, the author explores these two interesting scientific-philosophical themes with a broad range of studies, including astronomy, cosmology, chemistry, biology, geology and planet science. The first part discusses the origins of everything, from the Big Bang to humankind. It follows the long course of evolution — from original matter to the formation of more complex structures, from the furthest galaxies to the nearest stars, from planets to organic molecules, from the first and most elementary forms of life through to the reptiles, the dinosaurs and the advent of man. The second part traces the history of the Earth and evaluates the risks of extinction in the future as predicted by scientists. Is the Earth the only habitable planet in the Universe? This question initiates the discussion on the importance of the Earth's position in the solar system and the significance of our geologically alive planet. The final part is dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial beings with identifiable life forms. It also describes attempts for searching, from the past to the near future. This remarkable book provides the best answers we have to the epic questions about us and our place in the universe. Contents: "Origins: "Our OriginsThe Beginning of EverythingOrigins of Stars and PlanetsThe Origin of the ElementsThe Origins of Life"The Case of the Earth: "History of the EarthExtinctionsAn Inhabitable PlanetThe Importance of Continental DriftThe Earth: A Rare Planet?"In Search of Another Gaia: "In Search of ETIThe MeasurementAppendix A: Astronomical ObservationsAppendix B: A Few Numbers Readership: General audience interested in general science.
First Light
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Author : Emma Chapman
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-26
First Light written by Emma Chapman and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-26 with Science categories.
Astronomers have successfully observed a great deal of the Universe's history, from recording the afterglow of the Big Bang to imaging thousands of galaxies, and even to visualising an actual black hole. There's a lot for astronomers to be smug about. But when it comes to understanding how the Universe began and grew up we are literally in the dark ages. In effect, we are missing the first one billion years from the timeline of the Universe. This brief but far-reaching period in the Universe's history, known to astrophysicists as the 'Epoch of Reionisation', represents the start of the cosmos as we experience it today. The time when the very first stars burst into life, when darkness gave way to light. After hundreds of millions of years of dark, uneventful expansion, one by the one these stars suddenly came into being. This was the point at which the chaos of the Big Bang first began to yield to the order of galaxies, black holes and stars, kick-starting the pathway to planets, to comets, to moons, and to life itself. Incorporating the very latest research into this branch of astrophysics, this book sheds light on this time of darkness, telling the story of these first stars, hundreds of times the size of the Sun and a million times brighter, lonely giants that lived fast and died young in powerful explosions that seeded the Universe with the heavy elements that we are made of. Emma Chapman tells us how these stars formed, why they were so unusual, and what they can teach us about the Universe today. She also offers a first-hand look at the immense telescopes about to come on line to peer into the past, searching for the echoes and footprints of these stars, to take this period in the Universe's history from the realm of theoretical physics towards the wonder of observational astronomy.
The Stardust Revolution
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Author : Jacob Berkowitz
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-02-15
The Stardust Revolution written by Jacob Berkowitz and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-15 with Science categories.
In 1957, as Americans obsessed over the launch of the Soviet Sputnik satellite, another less noticed space-based scientific revolution was taking off. That year, astrophysicists solved a centuries-old quest for the origins of the elements, from carbon to uranium. The answer they found wasn’t on Earth, but in the stars. Their research showed that we are literally stardust. The year also marked the first conference that considered the origin of life on Earth in an astrophysical context. It was the marriage of two of the seemingly strangest bedfellows—astronomy and biology—and a turning point that award-winning science author Jacob Berkowitz calls the Stardust Revolution. In this captivating story of an exciting, deeply personal, new scientific revolution, Berkowitz weaves together the latest research results to reveal a dramatically different view of the twinkling night sky—not as an alien frontier, but as our cosmic birthplace. Reporting from the frontlines of discovery, Berkowitz uniquely captures how stardust scientists are probing the universe’s physical structure, but rather its biological nature. Evolutionary theory is entering the space age. From the amazing discovery of cosmic clouds of life’s chemical building blocks to the dramatic quest for an alien Earth, Berkowitz expertly chronicles the most profound scientific search of our era: to know not just if we are alone, but how we are connected. Like opening a long-hidden box of old family letters and diaries, The Stardust Revolution offers us a new view of where we’ve come from and brings to light our journey from stardust to thinking beings.
Our Universe A Journey Into Mystery
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Author : Jeff Jones
language : en
Publisher: Bookbaby
Release Date : 2019-01-07
Our Universe A Journey Into Mystery written by Jeff Jones and has been published by Bookbaby this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-07 with Science categories.
Like all books on the subject, Our Universe is full of images of exploding stars and colliding galaxies. There are powers and distances beyond human comprehension. Darkness surrounds us as we discover most of this place we live in is not available to our eyes and senses.It's all very nice, but you want more than just another "science on parade" book. There is a much more profound story hidden in the beautiful images spread over the scientific world. Everything known to us comes from the Universe. If this is correct, can the Universe answer questions about meaning and purpose? The answer is, yes. In the past 25 years, we have learned more about the Universe than in all recorded history. This explosion of knowledge is due to three disruptive forces: the personal computer, the Internet and the great space and land-based telescopes. It is now possible to tell the story of the Universe in 21st-century language and images that any interested layman can follow. Using these tools, the secrets of this extraordinary place are being laid bare. The Universe is ready to answer our questions. We are prepared to listen.I pose three questions for the Universe to answer. Who am I? What is our home? What is the purpose of my life? It's a tall order for any book. Our Universe uses the vehicle of science, astronomy, cosmology and the different ways humans know reality to allow the reader to answer these personal questions. These threads are woven into a tapestry revealing the Universe in all its glory. We don't know everything, but we know enough. The way forward is clear. The journey is from where we are now back in time to the beginning and perhaps a moment before, to what I call the Mystery. Then we will turn around and watch this Unknowable come into being as our Universe. The evolution of the Universe will be before our eyes. There lie the answers.The Mystery is not knowable or describable in any fashion, yet the trajectory of our story sends us squarely into its midst. It's where science, human language, and concepts fail. Despite this, it is our heritage. We must deal with Mystery, or we will forever be unfulfilled.One of the discoveries will be to realize how all knowledge and the material world are directly related. Their origins will be apparent. The Big Bang will be found to be a process and not an event. It is still becoming not only in the world around us but within as well. There are no smoke and mirrors. It is a non-fiction story you can see for yourself. The facts and conclusion are easily checked, and the reader will not have to cross their fingers or set their minds aside to appreciate the story.Come along for the Journey into Mystery. This is the story I always wanted to write. It is the story hopefully, you are looking to discover.