Cosmological enigmas [electronic resource] : pulsars, quasars, & other deep-space questions / Mark Kidger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2007.Description: viii, 224 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 523.1 22
LOC classification:
  • QB982 .K53 2007eb
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Contents:
How are stars born and how do they die? -- How do we know that black holes exist? -- Who is the strangest in the cosmic zoo? -- How far is it to the stars and will we ever be able to travel to them? -- How old is the universe? -- Is anybody there? -- How will the universe end? -- Why is the sky dark at night? -- How do we know that there was a big bang? -- What is there outside the universe?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-216) and index.

How are stars born and how do they die? -- How do we know that black holes exist? -- Who is the strangest in the cosmic zoo? -- How far is it to the stars and will we ever be able to travel to them? -- How old is the universe? -- Is anybody there? -- How will the universe end? -- Why is the sky dark at night? -- How do we know that there was a big bang? -- What is there outside the universe?

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