Format:
1 online resource (212 pages)
ISBN:
9781742245652
Content:
The universe is all about extremes. Space has a temperature 270°C below freezing. Stars die in catastrophic supernova explosions a billion times brighter than the Sun. A black hole can generate 10 million trillion volts of electricity. And hypergiants are stars 2 billion kilometres across, larger than the orbit of Jupiter. Extreme Cosmos provides a stunning new view of the way the Universe works, seen through the lens of extremes: the fastest, hottest, heaviest, brightest, oldest, densest and even the loudest. This is an astronomy book that not only offers amazing facts and figures but also reveals the remarkable richness of the universe and the incredible physics that modern astronomy has unveiled.
Content:
Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Extremes of temperature -- 2. Extremes of light -- 3. Extremes of time -- 4. Extremes of size -- 5. Extremes of speed -- 6. Extremes of mass -- 7. Extremes of sound -- 8. Extremes of electricity and magnetism -- 9. Extremes of gravity -- 10. Extremes of density -- Epilogue.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781742231112
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781742231112
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Author information:
Gaensler, Bryan 1973-
