13.8 : the quest to find the true age of the universe and the theory of everything / John Gribbin.
13.8 : the quest to find the true age of the universe and the theory of everything / John Gribbin.
13.8 : the quest to find the true age of the universe and the theory of everything / John Gribbin.
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New Haven Yale University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/2254
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English
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xiii, 242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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still image
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
pt. Zero Prologue -- 2.712 -- Taking the temperature of the Universe -- pt. One How Do We Know the Ages of Stars? -- 1.2.898 -- Prehistory: Spectra and the nature of stars -- Locating lines -- Hunting helium -- Hunting hydrogen -- The heat of the Sun -- The heat of the stars -- The heat inside -- 2....
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New Haven Yale University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
The 20th century gave us two great theories of physics: the general theory of relativity, which describes the behaviour of things on a very large scale, including the entire Universe; and quantum theory, which describes the behaviour of things on a very small scale, the sub-atomic world. The refusal of the Universe to reveal an equation that combin...
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13.8 : the quest to find the true age of the universe and the theory of everything / John Gribbin.
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First published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by Icon Books Ltd.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2015
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G 2016/2254
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74VKVpE0gLyl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpE0gLyl
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ISBN
0300218273
9780300218275
DDC
523.1
MMS ID
991023986819802626
