A Quick History of the Universe

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Gifford, Clive , Flowers, Rob 저자(글)

Wide Eyed Editions · 2021년 04월 06일

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저자(글) Gifford, Clive

전문 지식을 알기 쉽고도 재치 있게 써서 많은 독자로부터 사랑을 받고 있다. 70개 나라를 여행하면서 폭넓은 체험을 하고 축구를 비롯한 여러 스포츠 활동도 하면서 글을 쓰고 있다. 《어떻게 외계인을 만날까?》, 《올림픽 이야기》, 《세계 최초! 세계 최고!》 등을 썼다.

저자(글) Flowers, Rob

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• Introduction In the beginning - How it all got started Blink of an eye - What was the Universe like at the very start? The first seconds - Things change very quickly Whats the matter? - The start of stuff GET ATOM! - How atoms began to form Getting bigger - The Universe continues to expand Time for time - The beginning of time itself Feel the force - Gravity, electromagnetism, and strong and weak nuclear forces A matter of gravity - Gravitys role in making the Universe Photon booth - Understanding photons In a fog - How free electrons blocked the movement of light Recombination - Protons and electrons join together Cosmic microwave background - How a background buzz helped prove the Big Bang Dark matter - What is it? In the dark - The Cosmic Dark Age, where nothing happened You star! - How protostars became stars Cosmic dawn - How early stars flooded the Universe with light Heres carbon! - More and more elements form Turning cloudy - Understanding nebulae Galaxies get it together - The first galaxies form How many stars? - Counting the stars in the Universe Star quality - How different types of stars are categorised The galactic zoo - Different shapes of galaxy Galaxies gang up - How galaxies form superclusters Looking back - How looking at objects in space is looking through time The tragic death of the star - What happens to stars when - they run out of fuel contents Live fast, die young - The different lifespans of stars Whats blacker than black? - All about black holes Packing it all in - All about neutron stars Full speed ahead - The Universes expansion Hello, solar system! - How our solar system formed Planet plans - How the planets came together The great eight - All about the planets in our solar system Mooning around - All about moons More on moons - Other moons in our solar system Asteroids - What is an asteroid? Meteor-what? - The difference between meteors, meteoroids and meteorites Hairy stars - All about comets Early Earth - What our planet was like in the beginning Breaking up is hard to do - How the continents formed Lifes a gas! - An atmosphere supports life on our planet Get more life - More and more creatures evolve Hey people, youre late! - Human beings evolve Planets everywhere - Exoplanets in other solar systems Are we alone? - Could aliens exist? The end of the world - How planet Earth will eventually end How will the universe end? - Competing theories for the destruction of the Universe Ripped or crunched? - Other ideas for how it might all end How we know what we know - The science and technology that we use to understand the Universe Sizing it up - Light years and the phenomenal size of the Universe Space exploration timeline Space places - Cool space-y places to visit right here on Earth To infinity...and beyond! - Further reading and resources Cosmic quiz GLOSSARY Cosmic quiz answers INDEX

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ISBN	9780711262737 ( 071126273X )
발행(출시)일자	2021년 04월 06일
쪽수	128쪽
크기	170 * 224 * 13 mm / 340 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어