End: Cosmic Catastrophe And the Fate of the Universe - Couverture souple

Close, F.E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140125272 ISBN 13 : 9780140125276

Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd, 1990

Synopsis

Humans are all well aware of the risks to the earth from nuclear weapons and pollution, but there exist other external threats to Earth and our solar system. Frank close discusses and evaluates the dangers from meteor showers, comets, rogue planets and the sun as well as the potential problems of "dark matter", the collapse of the universe under its own gravity, and the possible instability of matter itself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Frank Close is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics at Oxford University and Fellow Emeritus in Physics at Exeter College, Oxford. He was formerly Head of the Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory at Harwell, vice president of the British Association for Advancement of Science and Head of Communications and Public Education at CERN. He was awarded the Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Physics for his 'outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics' in 1996, an OBE for 'services to research and the public understanding of science' in 2000, and the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for communicating science in 2013.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140125272
• ISBN 13: 9780140125276
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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