Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour

By:

Tyson, Neil deGrasse

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton University Press 2016 New JerseyDescription: 470pISBN:

9780691157245

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DDC classification:

523.1 TYS

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Part I: Stars, Planets and Life
1. The Size And Scale of the Universe
2. From the Day and Night Sky to Planetary Orbits
3. Newton's Laws
4. How Stars Radiate Energy (I)
5. How Stars Radiate Energy (II)
6. Stellar Spectra
7. The Lives and Deaths of Stars (I)
8. The Lives and Deaths of Stars (II
9. Why Pluto is Not a Planet
10. The Search for Life in the Galaxy

Part II: Galaxies.
11. The Interstellar Medium
12. Our Milky Way
13. The Universe of Galaxies
14. The Expansion of the Universe
15. The Early Universe
16. Quasars and Supermassive Black Holes

Part III: Einstein and the Universe
17. Einstein's Road to Relativity
18. Implications of Special Relativity
19. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity
20. Black Holes
21. Cosmic Strings, Wormholes and Time Travel
22. The Shape of the Universe and the Big Bang
23. Inflation and Recent Developments in Cosmology
24. Our Future in the Universe

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