The evolving universe and the origin of life : the search for our cosmic roots / Pekka Teerikorpi ..
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Teerikorpi, Pekka, 1948-
- ISBN 9780387095332
- Publicerad: New York, NY : Springer, cop. 2009
- Engelska xvii, 508 s., [12] pl.-s.
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- Pt.1. The widening world view. When science was born -- Science in Athens -- Planetary spheres and the size of the universe -- Medieval cosmology -- The roots of the Copernican Revolution -- The true laws of planetary motion revealed -- Galileo Galilei and his successors -- How far away are the stars? -- The scale of the solar system -- Pt.2. Physical laws of nature. Newton -- Celestial mechanics -- Nature of light -- Electricity and magnetism -- Time and space -- Curved space and gravity -- Atoms and nuclei -- Strange microworld -- Elementary particles.
- Pt.3. The universe. Stars: cosmic fusion reactors -- The riddle of the Milky Way -- Entering the galaxy universe -- Large-scale structure of the universe -- Finite or infinite universe: cosmological models -- When it all began: big bang -- The dark side of the universe -- Active galaxies: messages through radio waves -- Origin of galaxies -- Pt.4. Life in the universe. The nature of life -- The origin of earth and its moon -- Emergence and evolution of life -- Life and our solar system -- Extrasolar planetary systems and life in other solar systems -- Human's role in the universe.
Ämnesord
- Cosmology (LCSH)
- Life -- Origin (LCSH)
Klassifikation
- QB981 (LCC)
- 523.1 (DDC)
- Uaa (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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