Format:
1 online resource (297 pages)
ISBN:
9780500777244
Content:
The story of our Universe, from its beginning in the first milliseconds of the Big Bang right up to our present moment and beyond, told in a gripping narrative.
Content:
Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Other titles of interest -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Questions That Revealed the Universe was Born -- 2 The Big Bang: The Birth of It All -- 3 Randomness Becomes Structure: The Formation of the First Galaxies -- Plates Section One -- 4 The Dark Ages and the Emerging Cosmic Dawn -- 5 Our Galaxy: Birth and Cannibalism -- 6 Ancestors, Siblings and Children: The Stars and the Sun -- 7 The Sun: A Star in Its Maturity -- 8 Stars that Die: The Biggest Bangs since the Big Bang -- 9 The Birth of the Solar System -- 10 Chaos and Collisions in the Solar System -- 11 The Earth: A World of Difference -- Plates Section Two -- 12 Sequel: The Future Life of the Universe -- 13 Prequel: What Caused the Big Bang Expansion? -- Glossary -- Picture Credits -- Index -- Copyright.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780500024645
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Murdin, Paul The universe London : Thames & Hudson, 2022 ISBN 0500024642
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780500024645
Language:
English
Author information:
Murdin, Paul 1942-
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