How Old Is the Universe? / / David A. Weintraub.
Astronomers have determined that our universe is 13.7 billion years old. How exactly did they come to this precise conclusion? How Old Is the Universe? tells the incredible story of how astronomers solved one of the most compelling mysteries in science and, along the way, introduces readers to funda...
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Weintraub, David A., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut How Old Is the Universe? / David A. Weintraub. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2010] ©2010 1 online resource (384 p.) : 46 halftones. 76 line illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: 13.7 Billion Years -- I. The Age of Objects in Our Solar System -- Chapter 2. 4004 BCE -- Chapter 3. Moon Rocks and Meteorites -- Chapter 4. Defying Gravity -- II. The Ages of the Oldest Stars -- Chapter 5. Stepping Out -- Chapter 6. Distances and Light -- Chapter 7. All Stars Are Not the Same -- Chapter 8. Giant and Dwarf Stars -- Chapter 9. Reading a Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) Diagram -- Chapter 10. Mass -- Chapter 11. Star Clusters -- Chapter 12. Mass Matters -- Chapter 13. White Dwarfs and the Age of the Universe -- Chapter 14. Ages of Globular Clusters and the Age of the Universe -- III. The Age of the Universe -- Chapter 15. Cepheids -- Chapter 16. An Irregular System of Globular Clusters -- Chapter 17. The Milky Way Demoted -- Chapter 18. The Trouble with Gravity -- Chapter 19. The Expanding Universe -- Chapter 20. The Hubble Age of the Universe -- Chapter 21. The Accelerating Universe -- Chapter 22. Dark Matter -- Chapter 23. Exotic Dark Matter -- Chapter 24. Hot Stuff -- Chapter 25. Two Kinds of Trouble -- Chapter 26. The WMAP Map of the CMB and the Age of the Universe -- Chapter 27. A Consistent Answer -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Astronomers have determined that our universe is 13.7 billion years old. How exactly did they come to this precise conclusion? How Old Is the Universe? tells the incredible story of how astronomers solved one of the most compelling mysteries in science and, along the way, introduces readers to fundamental concepts and cutting-edge advances in modern astronomy. The age of our universe poses a deceptively simple question, and its answer carries profound implications for science, religion, and philosophy. David Weintraub traces the centuries-old quest by astronomers to fathom the secrets of the nighttime sky. Describing the achievements of the visionaries whose discoveries collectively unveiled a fundamental mystery, he shows how many independent lines of inquiry and much painstakingly gathered evidence, when fitted together like pieces in a cosmic puzzle, led to the long-sought answer. Astronomers don't believe the universe is 13.7 billion years old--they know it. You will too after reading this book. By focusing on one of the most crucial questions about the universe and challenging readers to understand the answer, Weintraub familiarizes readers with the ideas and phenomena at the heart of modern astronomy, including red giants and white dwarfs, cepheid variable stars and supernovae, clusters of galaxies, gravitational lensing, dark matter, dark energy and the accelerating universe--and much more. Offering a unique historical approach to astronomy, How Old Is the Universe? sheds light on the inner workings of scientific inquiry and reveals how astronomers grapple with deep questions about the physical nature of our universe. Issued also in print. 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 30. Aug 2021) SCIENCE / Astronomy. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691147314 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400836130 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400836130 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400836130.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: 13.7 Billion Years -- I. The Age of Objects in Our Solar System -- Chapter 2. 4004 BCE -- Chapter 3. Moon Rocks and Meteorites -- Chapter 4. Defying Gravity -- II. The Ages of the Oldest Stars -- Chapter 5. Stepping Out -- Chapter 6. Distances and Light -- Chapter 7. All Stars Are Not the Same -- Chapter 8. Giant and Dwarf Stars -- Chapter 9. Reading a Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) Diagram -- Chapter 10. Mass -- Chapter 11. Star Clusters -- Chapter 12. Mass Matters -- Chapter 13. White Dwarfs and the Age of the Universe -- Chapter 14. Ages of Globular Clusters and the Age of the Universe -- III. The Age of the Universe -- Chapter 15. Cepheids -- Chapter 16. An Irregular System of Globular Clusters -- Chapter 17. The Milky Way Demoted -- Chapter 18. The Trouble with Gravity -- Chapter 19. The Expanding Universe -- Chapter 20. The Hubble Age of the Universe -- Chapter 21. The Accelerating Universe -- Chapter 22. Dark Matter -- Chapter 23. Exotic Dark Matter -- Chapter 24. Hot Stuff -- Chapter 25. Two Kinds of Trouble -- Chapter 26. The WMAP Map of the CMB and the Age of the Universe -- Chapter 27. A Consistent Answer -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: 13.7 Billion Years -- I. The Age of Objects in Our Solar System -- Chapter 2. 4004 BCE -- Chapter 3. Moon Rocks and Meteorites -- Chapter 4. Defying Gravity -- II. The Ages of the Oldest Stars -- Chapter 5. Stepping Out -- Chapter 6. Distances and Light -- Chapter 7. All Stars Are Not the Same -- Chapter 8. Giant and Dwarf Stars -- Chapter 9. Reading a Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) Diagram -- Chapter 10. Mass -- Chapter 11. Star Clusters -- Chapter 12. Mass Matters -- Chapter 13. White Dwarfs and the Age of the Universe -- Chapter 14. Ages of Globular Clusters and the Age of the Universe -- III. The Age of the Universe -- Chapter 15. Cepheids -- Chapter 16. An Irregular System of Globular Clusters -- Chapter 17. The Milky Way Demoted -- Chapter 18. The Trouble with Gravity -- Chapter 19. The Expanding Universe -- Chapter 20. The Hubble Age of the Universe -- Chapter 21. The Accelerating Universe -- Chapter 22. Dark Matter -- Chapter 23. Exotic Dark Matter -- Chapter 24. Hot Stuff -- Chapter 25. Two Kinds of Trouble -- Chapter 26. The WMAP Map of the CMB and the Age of the Universe -- Chapter 27. A Consistent Answer -- Index |
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