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Loading... One Universe: At Home in the Cosmosby Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I thought this book was well put together, and quite thorough over a range of topics. It doesn't go into great detail, but does do a good job of making the ideas understandable. The only knock against it is that its slightly dated (written in 2000). Neverthelesss, still a good informative read. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Published in conjunction with the opening of the new Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History, this book explains the physics of the cosmos in terms of familiar principles at work here on earth (e.g., the force of gravity that lands a baseball in the bleachers also keeps the moon in orbit). Sections cover motion, matter, and energy and are beautifully illustrated with photos and diagrams. Concepts of cosmology are saved for the final chapter, which covers string theory, black holes, dark matter, gamma-ray bursts, cosmological inflation, the Big Bang, and the search for extraterrestrial life. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)523.1Natural sciences and mathematics Astronomy Astronomical objects and astrophysics UniverseLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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