Heart of darkness : unraveling the mysteries of the invisible universe / Jeremiah P. Ostriker and Si...
Heart of darkness : unraveling the mysteries of the invisible universe / Jeremiah P. Ostriker and Si...
Heart of darkness : unraveling the mysteries of the invisible universe / Jeremiah P. Ostriker and Simon Mitton.
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Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2013.
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G 2013/2779
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English
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xxi, 299 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents
From myth to reality. Astronomy : the endless frontier ; Charting and modeling the heavens ; Copernicus : "the last of the Greek cosmologists" ; Galileo : a new approach to mechanics and cosmology ; The impact of Copernicus : Kepler's Laws ; Isaac Newton and gravity ; William Herschel discovers the...
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2013.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c2013.
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Summary
Heart of Darknessdescribes the incredible saga of humankind's quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past thirty years, scientists have learned that two little-understood components--dark matter and dark energy--comprise most of the known cosmos, explain the growth of all cosmic structure, and hold the key to the universe's...
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Heart of darkness : unraveling the mysteries of the invisible universe / Jeremiah P. Ostriker and Simon Mitton.
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Science essentials.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-293) and index.
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c2013.
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G 2013/2779
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74VKDbJmPX3l
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9780691134307 (pbk.)
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523.1
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991019094139702626
