The Universe as It Really Is : : Earth, Space, Matter, and Time / / Thomas R. Scott.
The universe that science reveals to us can seem far outside the comfort zone of the human mind. Subjects near and far open up dizzying vistas, from the infinitesimal to the colossal. Humanity, the unlikely product of uncountable coincidences on unimaginable scales, inhabits a tumultuous universe th...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND THIS WORK
- Introduction
- 1. It's Elementary
- 2. Getting Together: Atoms to Molecules
- 3. Gravity
- 4. Time
- 5. Light
- 6. Earth: A Biography
- 7. Earth: A Physical Exam
- 8. Atmosphere and Weather
- 9. Oceans
- 10. The Sun
- 11. The Solar System
- 12. The Milky Way
- 13. The Cosmos
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX