Deep Space: Beyond the Solar System to the End of the Universe and the Beginning of Time - Tapa dura

Shilling, Govert

 
9781579129781: Deep Space: Beyond the Solar System to the End of the Universe and the Beginning of Time
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ISBN 10: 1579129781 ISBN 13: 9781579129781
Editorial: Abrams, 2014

Sinopsis

After a brief and condensed review of the solar system at the beginning of the book?including an explanation of the sun, planets and small bodies including asteroids and comets?Deep Space picks up where Solar System left off, at the outer edges of our inter-stellar neighborhood. Join author Govert Schilling on a journey that will ignite the imagination and propel you from the threshold of our galaxy through the Milky Way to the outer edges of the universe and beyond. Learn about the birth of new stars in our own galaxy (from molecular clouds to protoplanetary disks); other planets beyond our own solar system (lava worlds, water worlds and even Earth-like places); and other galaxies beyond the Milky Way (starburst galaxies, lenticular galaxies, elliptical galaxies). The book concludes with a discussion of cosmic evolution, the remaining mysteries concerning dark matter and dark energy, life in the universe and the speculative idea of a ?multiverse? consisting of numerous parallel universes. 400 photographs (many never-before-seen) and custom-drawn illustrations illuminate the text, including a Star Atlas that shows the full celestial sky, all 88 constellations, all naked-eye stars and dozens of nebulae, star clusters and galaxies.

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Acerca del autor

Govert Schilling is an internationally acclaimed astronomy journalist and writer. He is a regular contributor to New Scientist,Sky & Telescope, and Sky at Night. In 2007, asteroid 10986 was named Govert in his honor by the International Astronomical Union. He lives in Amersfoort, the Netherlands.

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After a brief and condensed review of the solar system at the beginning of the book?including an explanation of the sun, planets and small bodies including asteroids and comets?Deep Space picks up where Solar System left off, at the outer edges of our inter-stellar neighborhood. Join author Govert Schilling on a journey that will ignite the imagination and propel you from the threshold of our galaxy through the Milky Way to the outer edges of the universe and beyond. Learn about the birth of new stars in our own galaxy (from molecular clouds to protoplanetary disks); other planets beyond our own solar system (lava worlds, water worlds and even Earth-like places); and other galaxies beyond the Milky Way (starburst galaxies, lenticular galaxies, elliptical galaxies). The book concludes with a discussion of cosmic evolution, the remaining mysteries concerning dark matter and dark energy, life in the universe and the speculative idea of a ?multiverse? consisting of numerous parallel universes. 400 photographs (many never-before-seen) and custom-drawn illustrations illuminate the text, including a Star Atlas that shows the full celestial sky, all 88 constellations, all naked-eye stars and dozens of nebulae, star clusters and galaxies.

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Editorial
Abrams
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1579129781
ISBN 13 
9781579129781
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
224
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