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Solar System in Minutes

Author : Giles Sparrow
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 163506113X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Solar System in Minutes written by Giles Sparrow and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Solar System in Minutes explains the history and features of all the major celestial bodies, including the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, the planets' main moons, the asteroids, comets, dwarf planets, and the Kuiper belt, as well as the birth, evolution, and science of the solar system and the story--and future--of its exploration. With 200 of the very latest space images and explanatory diagrams that bring these concepts to life, Solar System in Minutes is the easiest way to understand our cosmic neighborhood.

Astronomy in Minutes

Author : Giles Sparrow
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1848667248
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Astronomy in Minutes written by Giles Sparrow and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when a star dies? How many asteroids are in our solar system? Can galaxies collide? What is dark energy? Astronomy in Minutes answers all these questions and more as it condenses 200 key concepts into easily digestible essays. From Trojan asteroids to stellar black holes, and from superclusters to cosmic microwave background, this book will take you on an essential tour around the universe. Beginning with the specks and constellations that we see in the night sky, and then zooming in on the objects and 'matter' beyond the naked eye, Astronomy in Minutes draws on established theories and recent research. Each essay is accompanied by an image or a clear diagram to help unravel complex ideas. Beginning with the constellations and finishing with the latest cosmological theories, this is the perfect reference guide to this fascinating subject. Contents include: The celestial sphere, Piscis Austrinus, the Earth-Moon system, Io and Ganymede, Kuiper Belt Objects, Measuring stellar properties, Nuclear fusion, Red and orange dwarfs, Open star clusters, Planetary nebulae, Supernova remnants, Cosmic expansion, Quasars and blazars, Nature of spacetime, Nucleosynthesis and the Anthropic Principle.

Physics in Minutes

Author : Giles Sparrow
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623653401
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Physics in Minutes written by Giles Sparrow and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physics in Minutes covers everything you need to know about physics, condensed into 200 key topics. Each idea is explained in clear, accessible language, building from the basics, such as mechanics, waves, and particles, to more complex topics, including neutrinos, string theory, and dark matter. Following the latest scientific research proving that the brain best absorbs information visually, each description is accompanied by an illustration to aid quick comprehension and easy recollection. This convenient and compact reference book is ideal for anyone interested in how our world works. Chapters include: Newton's Laws of Motion, Schrodinger's cat, Magnetism, Superconductivity, Fission and fusion, Higgs Boson, Entropy, Dark matter.

The Space Book

Author : Jim Bell
Publisher : Union Square & Company
ISBN 13 : 9781454929390
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (293 download)

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Download or read book The Space Book written by Jim Bell and published by Union Square & Company. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a series of 250 significant events in the history of astronomy and space exploration, from the original formation of the galaxies, to the space mission to the planet Mars, to speculation about the end of the universe.

Space, Time, Infinity

Author : James S. Trefil
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Space, Time, Infinity written by James S. Trefil and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1985 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of astronomy, looks at what we have learned about the Sun, Moon, stars and planets, and identifies key questions which face astronomers of the future.

On Space and Time

Author : Alain Connes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107641683
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book On Space and Time written by Alain Connes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gets to the heart of science by asking a fundamental question: what is the true nature of space and time?

Science in Seconds

Author : Hazel Muir
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623650070
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Science in Seconds written by Hazel Muir and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple and accessible, Science in Seconds is a comprehensive, entertaining introduction to 200 key scientific ideas. Each concept is clearly realized with a helpful visual and a concise explanation. The concepts included span all of the key scientific disciplines, including Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Ecology, Biotechnology, Anatomy and Physiology, Medicine, Earth Science, Energy Generation, Astronomy, Spaceflight and Information Technology. Utilizing vivid, educational illustrations--inspired by scientific research suggesting that the brain best absorbs information visually--these compact and portable reference guides are ideal study buddies or holiday gifts, and enlightening reading for all. Hazel Muir studied astrophysics at Edinburgh University before becoming a staff editor and writer at New Scientist. Currently a freelance writer, she still regularly contributes to BBC Sky At Night magazine, and has also written for Wired UK. She has won international awards for her articles from the American Institute of Physics and the Acoustical Society of America. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Quantum Physics in Minutes

Author : Gemma Lavender
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 168144173X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Quantum Physics in Minutes written by Gemma Lavender and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantum physics is the most fundamental -- but also the most baffling -- branch of science. Allowing for dead-and-alive cats, teleportation, antimatter, and parallel universes, as well as underpinning all of our digital technology, it's as important as it is mind-bending. This clear and compact book demystifies the strange and beautiful quantum world, and hence the nature of reality itself. Contents include: Schrodinger's cat, inside the atom, the particle zoo, the Higgs boson, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, God playing dice, relativity, the Big Bang, dark energy and matter, black holes, the fate of the Universe, the Theory of Everything, quantum gravity, string theory, the multiverse, instant communication, quantum computing and cryptography, superconductivity, quantum biology, quantum consciousness, and much more. Written as a series of mini essays with 200 simple diagrams to help understanding, there can be no easier guide to this notoriously confusing subject. At last it's possible for non-specialists to understand quantum theory and its central role in the birth of the universe and the very existence of life.

Amateur Astronomer's Handbook

Author : John Benson Sidgwick
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486240343
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Amateur Astronomer's Handbook written by John Benson Sidgwick and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timeless, comprehensive coverage of telescopes, mirrors, lenses, mountings, telescope drives, micrometers, spectroscopes, more. ". . . highly recommended for very serious nonprofessional astronomers." — A Guide to the Literature of Astronomy. 189 illustrations. Reprint of 1971 edition.

After the First Three Minutes

Author : T. Padmanabhan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521629720
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book After the First Three Minutes written by T. Padmanabhan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-02-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evolution of our Universe and the formation of stars and galaxies are mysteries that have long puzzled scientists. Recent years have brought new scientific understanding of these profound and fundamental issues. In lively prose, Professor Padmanabhan paints a picture of contemporary cosmology for the general reader. Unlike other popular books on cosmology, After the First Three Minutes does not gloss over details, or shy away from explaining the underlying concepts. Instead, with a lucid and informal style, the author introduces all the relevant background and then carefully pieces together an engaging story of the evolution of our Universe. Padmanabhan leaves the reader with a state-of-the-art picture of scientists' current understanding in cosmology and a keen taste of the excitement of this fast-moving science. Throughout, no mathematics is used and all technical jargon is clearly introduced and reinforced in a handy glossary at the end of the book. For general readers who want to come to grips with what we really do and don't know about our Universe, this book provides an exciting and uncompromising read. Thanu Padmanabhan is a Professor at Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Pune, India. He is the recipient of numerous awards and author of three books, Structure Formation in the Universe (Cambridge, 1994), Cosmology and Astrophysics Through Problems (Cambridge, 1996), and, together with J.V. Narlikar, Gravity, Gauge Theories and Quantum Cosmology. He is also the author of more than one hundred popular science articles, a comic strip serial and several regular columns on astronomy, recreational mathematics, and the history of science.

The Astronomy Book

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465470719
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book The Astronomy Book written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the dawn of humankind, people have looked upward to the heavens and tried to understand them. This encyclopedia takes you on an expedition through time and space to discover our place in the universe. We invite you to take a journey through the wonders of the universe. Explore the cosmos, from planets to black holes, the Big Bang, and everything in-between! Get ready to discover the story of the universe one page at a time! This educational book for young adults will launch you on a wild trip through the cosmos and the incredible discoveries throughout history. Filled to the brim with beautifully illustrated flowcharts, graphics, and jargon-free language, The Astronomy Book breaks down hard-to-grasp concepts to guide you in understanding almost 100 big astronomical ideas. Big Ideas How do we measure the universe? Where is the event horizon? What is dark matter? Now you can find out all the answers to these questions and so much more in this inquisitive book about our universe! Using incredibly clever visual learning devices like step-by-step diagrams, you’ll learn more about captivating topics from the Copernican Revolution. Dive into the mind-boggling theories of recent science in a user-friendly format that makes the information easy to follow. Explore the biographies, theories, and discoveries of key astronomers through the ages such as Ptolemy, Galileo, Newton, Hubble, and Hawking. To infinity and beyond! Journey through space and time with us: • From Myth to Science 600 BCE – 1550 CE • The Telescope Revolution 1550 – 1750 • Uranus to Neptune 1750 – 1850 • The Rise of Astrophysics 1850 – 1915 • Atom, Stars, And Galaxies 1915 – 1950 • New Windows on The Universe 1950 – 1917 • The Triumph of Technology 1975 – Present The Series Simply Explained With over 7 million copies sold worldwide to date, The Astronomy Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained series from DK Books. It uses innovative graphics along with engaging writing to make complex subjects easier to understand. Shortlisted: A Young Adult Library Services Association Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners list selection A Mom's Choice Awards® Honoring Excellence Gold Seal of Approval for Young Adult Books A Parents' Choice Gold Award winner

30-Second Astronomy

Author : Francois Fressin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781785783593
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book 30-Second Astronomy written by Francois Fressin and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How hot is Venus? Can you distinguish between a pulsar and a quasar? Is there a universe or a multiverse? Where do we fit into the infinitely grand scheme of things? How do we map the Cosmic Microwave Background? Most tantalizing of all: Is there anyone out there?The answers to these and many other far-out questions lie in your hands. Everyone's gazing at the heavens, but a voyage through the star-studded contents of this book will blow your mind. Astronomy encapsulates the terrifying hugeness of the cosmos into bite-size particles that mere earthlings can understand: 50 incredible discoveries brought down to Earth using no more than two pages, 300 words, and a picture. This one small volume takes you on a cosmic tour, shedding light on the most awesome of objects and places, explaining some very big ideas, concepts, and discoveries, and presenting the scientists and observers who have done so much to crack Life, the Universe, and Everything. Welcome aboard.

New Horizons in Time Domain Astronomy (IAU S285)

Author : R. Elizabeth Griffin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107019850
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book New Horizons in Time Domain Astronomy (IAU S285) written by R. Elizabeth Griffin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IAU Symposium 285 addresses studies of variability among the whole gamut of cosmic objects. While new fields involving transients, blazars, gamma-ray bursts, active galactic nuclei and quasars are still emerging, the puzzles posed by longer-term sources of variability still remain. This volume adopts an interdisciplinary theme, examining different manifestations of variability to gain new scientific insights that may be missed when one type of object or variability is studied in isolation. By integrating discussions from participants across the breadth of astronomical science, it addresses the core question: 'How can technology and collaboration be better harnessed to enhance the science requirements and outcomes?' With major new transient surveys coming online soon to lay the groundwork for LSST, the results, research tools and visions presented here will help both researchers and database managers collaborate in the exciting challenges of time-domain astronomy.

Space and Time

Author : Emile Borel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Space and Time written by Emile Borel and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

First Light

Author : Emma Chapman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472962907
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book First Light written by Emma Chapman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Cosmology: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Peter Coles
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191579440
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Cosmology: A Very Short Introduction written by Peter Coles and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2001-08-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology, explaining what it is and what cosmologists do. Peter Coles discusses the history of the subject, the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Hubble

Author : Giles Sparrow
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1786486911
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Hubble written by Giles Sparrow and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 20 years the Hubble Space Telescope has been hurtling around our planet at 17,500 mph sending spectacularly sharp images of the universe back to Earth. Hubble is a visual celebration of this large and versatile telescope's astonishing scientific and technical achievements. This fully revised and updated edition of Hubble: Window on the Universe (Legacy Edition) showcases the very latest and clearest images of galaxies, nebulae, quasars, exploding stars and stellar nurseries. More than 200 remarkable cosmic images reveal the inner workings of the solar system, the expansion of the Universe, the birth and death of stars, the formation of planetary nebulae, the dynamics of galaxies and the mysterious force known as 'dark energy'. Featuring the history of the project from its origins and launch in 1990, the discovery and emergency repair of a defective mirror, the impact of subsequent servicing missions and finally, its extraordinary legacy this stunning giant volume will take you on a journey through the universe via 200 glorious full-colour images.