The History of Our Universe in 21 Stars
Author | : Giles Sparrow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-08-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781802795059 |
A complete introduction to the heavens through the tales of these 21 key stars.
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Author | : Giles Sparrow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-08-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781802795059 |
A complete introduction to the heavens through the tales of these 21 key stars.
Author | : Anna Frebel |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2019-08-27 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0691197199 |
A leading astronomer takes readers behind the scenes of the thrilling science of stellar archaeology and explains how sections of the night sky are "excavated" in the hunt for extremely rare, 13-billion-year-old relic stars and how this quest reveals tantalizing new details about the origins and evolution of the cosmos.
Author | : Dava Sobel |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2016-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 069814869X |
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People), little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017 Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Economist, Smithsonian, Nature, and NPR's Science Friday Nominated for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A joy to read.” —The Wall Street Journal In the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or “human computers,” to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each night. At the outset this group included the wives, sisters, and daughters of the resident astronomers, but soon the female corps included graduates of the new women's colleges—Vassar, Wellesley, and Smith. As photography transformed the practice of astronomy, the ladies turned from computation to studying the stars captured nightly on glass photographic plates. The “glass universe” of half a million plates that Harvard amassed over the ensuing decades—through the generous support of Mrs. Anna Palmer Draper, the widow of a pioneer in stellar photography—enabled the women to make extraordinary discoveries that attracted worldwide acclaim. They helped discern what stars were made of, divided the stars into meaningful categories for further research, and found a way to measure distances across space by starlight. Their ranks included Williamina Fleming, a Scottish woman originally hired as a maid who went on to identify ten novae and more than three hundred variable stars; Annie Jump Cannon, who designed a stellar classification system that was adopted by astronomers the world over and is still in use; and Dr. Cecilia Helena Payne, who in 1956 became the first ever woman professor of astronomy at Harvard—and Harvard’s first female department chair. Elegantly written and enriched by excerpts from letters, diaries, and memoirs, The Glass Universe is the hidden history of the women whose contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.
Author | : |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1426301707 |
The latest discoveries about our universe to keep readers updated on the latest developments in space.
Author | : Andrew Fazekas |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1426216521 |
The characters of the Star trek television programs and movies go boldly among the stars-- but how much of what they tell us is accurate? Fazekas compares the Federation's technology with our own, and provides scientifically accurate accounts of the realms and star charts that the Enterprise uses to explore the solar system, nebulae, and more.
Author | : John Bally |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2006-08-24 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521801058 |
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Author | : Abraham Loeb |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2010-07-19 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1400834066 |
A concise introduction to cosmology and how light first emerged in the universe Though astrophysicists have developed a theoretical framework for understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed, only now are we able to begin testing those theories with actual observations of the very distant, early universe. We are entering a new and exciting era of discovery that will advance the frontiers of knowledge, and this book couldn't be more timely. It covers all the basic concepts in cosmology, drawing on insights from an astronomer who has pioneered much of this research over the past two decades. Abraham Loeb starts from first principles, tracing the theoretical foundations of cosmology and carefully explaining the physics behind them. Topics include the gravitational growth of perturbations in an expanding universe, the abundance and properties of dark matter halos and galaxies, reionization, the observational methods used to detect the earliest galaxies and probe the diffuse gas between them—and much more. Cosmology seeks to solve the fundamental mystery of our cosmic origins. This book offers a succinct and accessible primer at a time when breathtaking technological advances promise a wealth of new observational data on the first stars and galaxies. Provides a concise introduction to cosmology Covers all the basic concepts Gives an overview of the gravitational growth of perturbations in an expanding universe Explains the process of reionization Describes the observational methods used to detect the earliest galaxies
Author | : Neil deGrasse Tyson |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2017-09-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0691177813 |
An essential companion to the New York Times bestseller Welcome to the Universe Here is the essential companion to Welcome to the Universe, a New York Times bestseller that was inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course for non science majors that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton. This problem book features more than one hundred problems and exercises used in the original course—ideal for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of the original material and to learn to think like an astrophysicist. Whether you’re a student or teacher, citizen scientist or science enthusiast, your guided tour of the cosmos just got even more hands-on with Welcome to the Universe: The Problem Book. The essential companion book to the acclaimed bestseller Features the problems used in the original introductory astronomy course for non science majors at Princeton University Organized according to the structure of Welcome to the Universe, empowering readers to explore real astrophysical problems that are conceptually introduced in each chapter Problems are designed to stimulate physical insight into the frontier of astrophysics Problems develop quantitative skills, yet use math no more advanced than high school algebra Problems are often multipart, building critical thinking and quantitative skills and developing readers’ insight into what astrophysicists do Ideal for course use—either in tandem with Welcome to the Universe or as a supplement to courses using standard astronomy textbooks—or self-study Tested in the classroom over numerous semesters for more than a decade Prefaced with a review of relevant concepts and equations Full solutions and explanations are provided, allowing students and other readers to check their own understanding
Author | : Kenneth R. Lang |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2013-03-25 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 110701638X |
Explains how stars are born, how they evolve and their ultimate fates, for a broad general audience.
Author | : Marion Dane Bauer |
Publisher | : Candlewick Press |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2020-10-06 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1536220655 |
In an astonishing unfurling of our universe, Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer and Caldecott Honor winner Ekua Holmes celebrate the birth of every child. Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was . . . nothing. But then . . . BANG! Stars caught fire and burned so long that they exploded, flinging stardust everywhere. And the ash of those stars turned into planets. Into our Earth. And into us. In a poetic text, Marion Dane Bauer takes readers from the trillionth of a second when our universe was born to the singularities that became each one of us, while vivid illustrations by Ekua Holmes capture the void before the Big Bang and the ensuing life that burst across galaxies. A seamless blend of science and art, this picture book reveals the composition of our world and beyond — and how we are all the stuff of stars.