The Extravagant Universe : : Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos / / Robert P. Kirshner.
The Extravagant Universe tells the story of a remarkable adventure of scientific discovery. One of the world's leading astronomers, Robert Kirshner, takes readers inside a lively research team on the quest that led them to an extraordinary cosmological discovery: the expansion of the universe i...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Science Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 11 color illus. 29 halftones. 12 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- CHAPTER 1. The Big Picture
- CHAPTER 2. Violent Agents of Cosmic Change
- CHAPTER 3. Another Way to Explode
- CHAPTER 4. Einstein Adds a Constant
- CHAPTER 5. Cosmic Expansion
- CHAPTER 6. What Time Is It?
- CHAPTER 7. A Hot Day in Holmdel
- CHAPTER 8. Learning to Swim
- CHAPTER 9. Getting It First
- CHAPTER 10. Getting It Right
- CHAPTER 11. The Smoking Gun?
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index