Dispatches from planet 3 : thirty-two (brief) tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and beyond
Bartusiak, Marcia2018
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"An award-winning science writer presents a captivating collection of cosmological essays for the armchair astronomer. The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological "tales" by multiple award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak. In thirty-two concise and engrossing essays, the author provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe and those who strive to uncover its mysteries. Bartusiak shares the back stories for many momentous astronomical discoveries, including the contributions of such pioneers as Beatrice Tinsley and her groundbreaking research in galactic evolution, and Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the scientist who first discovered radio pulsars. An endlessly fascinating collection that you can dip into in any order, these pieces will transport you to ancient Mars, when water flowed freely across its surface; to the collision of two black holes, a cosmological event that released fifty times more energy than was radiating from every star in the universe; and to the beginning of time itself."--Dust jacket.
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Imprint:
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2018
Collation:
xiii, 304 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-294) and index.
Contents:
Preface -- Earth Is but a Speck -- Celestial Neighborhood. Bedazzled by a Comet -- To Be...or Not to Be a Planet -- The Watery Allure of Mars -- Rings, Rings, Rings -- The Baffling White Dwarf Star -- The Star No Bigger Than a City -- Ye Old Black Hole -- As Though No Other Name Ever Existed -- Like This World of Ours -- Realm of the Galaxies. Our Spiraling Home -- The Woman Who Chased Galaxies -- Stuff of the Heavens -- Recipe for the Stars -- Find a Way Around It -- Dark Matters -- Cosmic Funhouse -- Rivers of Galaxies -- The Big Dipper Is Crying -- Einstein's Symphony -- Underground Astronomy -- Eavesdropping on the Universe -- The Once and Future Quasar -- To the Big Bang and Beyond. Finding a Cosmic Yardstick -- The Cosmologist Left Behind -- The Primeval Atom -- Proving the Big Bang -- It's Now Einstein's Universe -- The Big Burp -- The Great Escape -- Meet the Multiverse -- When the Universe Began, What Time Was It?
ISBN:
9780300235746
Dewey class:
520.9520
Language:
English
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BRN:
349372
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Science and Technology | 520 BAR | Available |