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Our Place in the Universe

By Norman K. Glendenning

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific
Year
2007
ISBN
9812700684, 9789812700681, 9812700692, 9789812700698
Google Books ID
Zo0SDb-UdE8C
Open Library ID
OL13169837M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4834796 bytes)
Pages
242\242
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Our Place in the Universe tells the story of our world, formation of the first galaxies and stars formed from great clouds containing the primordial elements made in the first few minutes; birth of stars, their lives and deaths in fiery supernova explosions; formation of the solar system, its planets and many moons; life on Earth, its needs and vicissitudes on land and in the seas; finally exoplanets, planets that surround distant stars. Interspersed in the text are short pieces on some of those who revealed these wonders to us. It is written in a very authoritative and readable form and contains more than 100 color prints of the marvelous galaxies, and nebula that have been taken from space-based and land-based telescopes carried by NASA missions, the European Space Agency, the European Southern Laboratory in Chile and many other sources.

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