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50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Universe: (50 Ideas You Really Need to Know)

50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Universe: (50 Ideas You Really Need to Know)


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In this, the latest volume in the best selling 50 Ideas series, author Joanne Baker unravels the complexities of the universe for a general readership.From Heliocentrism to dark matter, and from Kepler's laws of planetary motion and orbits to Olber's paradox and the Shapley-Curtis debate, she explains ideas at the cutting-edge of scientific enquiry, making them comprehensible and accessible to the layperson.Planets and solar systemCosmic microwave backgroundSupermassive black holesHeliocentrismBig bang nucleosynthesisGalaxy formation and evolutionKepler's lawsGeneral relativityGravitational lensingGalileoSpecial relativityStars: typesNewton's laws of motionBlack holesStars: births of starsGravitationString theoryStars: deaths of starsSpectrumAstroparticle physicsStars: life cyclesMilky WayCosmic raysThe sun: fusion and sunspotsDoppler shift and redshiftHiggs boson PulsarsShapley-Curtis debateAnthropic principleCepheids and variable starsOlbers paradoxHubblesequence of galaxy typesGamma ray burstsHubble's lawDark matterExoplanetsCosmic distance ladderLarge scale structureTheories of creationBig bangGalaxy clusters and voidsEarth-moon giant impact theoryCosmic inflationX-ray backgroundAstrobiologyDark energyRadio galaxiesFermi paradoxMatter and antimatterQuasars and active galactic nuclei

About the Author :

Joanne Baker is the author of Quercus' best selling science title "50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know." She studied Physics at the University of Cambridge, UK, and took her PhD in Astrophysics at the University of Sydney in 1995. She is Books & Arts editor at "Nature" magazine.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781848660663
  • Publisher: Quercus Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Quercus Publishing
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 207
  • Series Title: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know
  • Weight: 517 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1848660669
  • Publisher Date: 02 Oct 2010
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 175 mm


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