Origins: How the Planets, Stars, Galaxies, And the Universe Began - Couverture rigide

Eales, Steve

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1846284015 ISBN 13 : 9781846284014

Editeur : Springer London Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

In the last decade, there has been a revolution in observational astronomy, which has meant that we are very close to answering three of the four big 'origin questions', of how the planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe itself were formed. This book, written in an accessible way by a scientist working in this field, describes this revolution. The one question for which we still do not have an answer is the question of the origin of the universe. Within the last four years, astronomers have discovered that the universe is geometrically flat and that its expansion is accelerating, fuelled by a mysterious dark energy. In the final chapter, the author looks at the connection between science and philosophy and shows how new scientific results have laid the groundwork for the first serious scientific studies of the origin of the universe. This book will be easily understood by anyone with an amateur astronomer's level of understanding of the subject - no math needed!

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À propos de l?auteur

As an astronomer, Stephen Eales has travelled around the world, working in Cambridge, Honolulu, Toronto, and at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. He is currently a professor of Astrophysics and Cosmology at Cardiff University, where he carries out research into the origin of galaxies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer London Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1846284015
• ISBN 13: 9781846284014
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 295
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