The Universal Timekeepers : : Reconstructing History Atom by Atom / / David Helfand.
Atoms are unfathomably tiny. It takes fifteen million trillion of them to make up a single poppy seed-give or take a few billion. And there's hardly anything to them: atoms are more than 99.9999999999 percent empty space. Yet scientists have learned to count these slivers of near nothingness wi...
Saved in:
VerfasserIn: | |
---|---|
Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 33 figures |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9780231558686 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)670318 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Helfand, David, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Universal Timekeepers : Reconstructing History Atom by Atom / David Helfand. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2023] ©2023 1 online resource : 33 figures text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Atoms are unfathomably tiny. It takes fifteen million trillion of them to make up a single poppy seed-give or take a few billion. And there's hardly anything to them: atoms are more than 99.9999999999 percent empty space. Yet scientists have learned to count these slivers of near nothingness with precision and to peer into their internal states. In looking so closely, we have learned that atoms, because of their inimitable signatures and imperturbable internal clocks, are little archives holding the secrets of the past.David J. Helfand reconstructs the history of the universe-back to its first microsecond 13.8 billion years ago-with the help of atoms. He shows how, by using detectors and reactors, microscopes and telescopes, we can decode the tales these infinitesimal particles tell, answering questions such as: Is a medieval illustrated prayer book real or forged? How did maize cultivation spread from the highlands of central Mexico to New England? What was Earth's climate like before humans emerged? Where can we find clues to identify the culprit in the demise of the dinosaurs? When did our planet and solar system form? Can we trace the births of atoms in the cores of massive stars or even glimpse the origins of the universe itself?A lively and inviting introduction to the building blocks of everything we know, The Universal Timekeepers demonstrates the power of science to unveil the mysteries of unreachably remote times and places. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023) Atoms. Cosmochronology. Cosmology. SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular. bisacsh https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231558686 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231558686/original |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Helfand, David, Helfand, David, |
spellingShingle |
Helfand, David, Helfand, David, The Universal Timekeepers : Reconstructing History Atom by Atom / |
author_facet |
Helfand, David, Helfand, David, |
author_variant |
d h dh d h dh |
author_role |
VerfasserIn VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
Helfand, David, |
title |
The Universal Timekeepers : Reconstructing History Atom by Atom / |
title_sub |
Reconstructing History Atom by Atom / |
title_full |
The Universal Timekeepers : Reconstructing History Atom by Atom / David Helfand. |
title_fullStr |
The Universal Timekeepers : Reconstructing History Atom by Atom / David Helfand. |
title_full_unstemmed |
The Universal Timekeepers : Reconstructing History Atom by Atom / David Helfand. |
title_auth |
The Universal Timekeepers : Reconstructing History Atom by Atom / |
title_new |
The Universal Timekeepers : |
title_sort |
the universal timekeepers : reconstructing history atom by atom / |
publisher |
Columbia University Press, |
publishDate |
2023 |
physical |
1 online resource : 33 figures |
isbn |
9780231558686 |
callnumber-first |
Q - Science |
callnumber-subject |
QB - Astronomy |
callnumber-label |
QB466 |
callnumber-sort |
QB 3466 C67 H45 42023 |
url |
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231558686 https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231558686/original |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
500 - Science |
dewey-tens |
520 - Astronomy |
dewey-ones |
523 - Specific celestial bodies & phenomena |
dewey-full |
523.1 |
dewey-sort |
3523.1 |
dewey-raw |
523.1 |
dewey-search |
523.1 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT helfanddavid theuniversaltimekeepersreconstructinghistoryatombyatom AT helfanddavid universaltimekeepersreconstructinghistoryatombyatom |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)670318 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
is_hierarchy_title |
The Universal Timekeepers : Reconstructing History Atom by Atom / |
_version_ |
1784037360453812224 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>03483nam a2200601Ia 45e0</leader><controlfield tag="001">9780231558686</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20231101071823.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">231101t20232023nyu fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780231558686</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.7312/helf21098</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.7312/helf21098</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)670318</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">nyu</subfield><subfield code="c">US-NY</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">QB466.C67</subfield><subfield code="b">H45 2023</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">SCI074000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">523.1</subfield><subfield code="2">23/eng/20230609</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Helfand, David, </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">The Universal Timekeepers :</subfield><subfield code="b">Reconstructing History Atom by Atom /</subfield><subfield code="c">David Helfand.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">New York, NY : </subfield><subfield code="b">Columbia University Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2023]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©2023</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource :</subfield><subfield code="b">33 figures</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Atoms are unfathomably tiny. It takes fifteen million trillion of them to make up a single poppy seed-give or take a few billion. And there's hardly anything to them: atoms are more than 99.9999999999 percent empty space. Yet scientists have learned to count these slivers of near nothingness with precision and to peer into their internal states. In looking so closely, we have learned that atoms, because of their inimitable signatures and imperturbable internal clocks, are little archives holding the secrets of the past.David J. Helfand reconstructs the history of the universe-back to its first microsecond 13.8 billion years ago-with the help of atoms. He shows how, by using detectors and reactors, microscopes and telescopes, we can decode the tales these infinitesimal particles tell, answering questions such as: Is a medieval illustrated prayer book real or forged? How did maize cultivation spread from the highlands of central Mexico to New England? What was Earth's climate like before humans emerged? Where can we find clues to identify the culprit in the demise of the dinosaurs? When did our planet and solar system form? Can we trace the births of atoms in the cores of massive stars or even glimpse the origins of the universe itself?A lively and inviting introduction to the building blocks of everything we know, The Universal Timekeepers demonstrates the power of science to unveil the mysteries of unreachably remote times and places.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Atoms.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Cosmochronology.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Cosmology.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231558686</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231558686/original</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_MTPY</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_MTPY</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESTMALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_STMALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA12STME</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA18STMEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |