The universe today : our current understanding and how it was achieved / Carlos Martins.
The universe today : our current understanding and how it was achieved / Carlos Martins.
The universe today : our current understanding and how it was achieved / Carlos Martins.
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Publisher
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
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G 2021/0798
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English
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Physical content
xv, 324 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- Classical Astronomy -- From the Renaissance to Modern Science -- Classical Physics -- The Physics of Relativity -- The Physics of Stars and Galaxies -- The Physics of the Universe -- New frontiers.
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Summary
Starting out from humankind's earliest ideas about the cosmos, this book gives the reader a clear overview of our current understanding of the universe, including big bang theories and the formation of stars and galaxies, as well as addressing open questions. The author shows how our present view gradually developed from observations, and also how...
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The universe today : our current understanding and how it was achieved / Carlos Martins.
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Astronomers' universe
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2020
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G 2021/0798
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74VKaRmkVPGO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaRmkVPGO
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ISBN
9783030496319
DDC
523.1
MMS ID
991024390511602626
