The End of everything : (astrophysically speaking) /
Mack, Katie, 1981-
The End of everything : (astrophysically speaking) / Katie Mack. - First Scribner hardcover edition. - ix, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction to the cosmos -- Big bang to now -- Big crunch -- Heat death -- Big rip -- Vacuum decay -- Bounce -- Future of the future -- Epilogue.
We know the universe had a beginning, and expanded from a state of unimaginable density to an all-encompassing cosmic fireball to a simmering fluid of matter and energy. This laid down the seeds for everything from black holes to one rocky planet orbiting a star near the edge of a spiral galaxy that happened to develop life as we know it. But what happens at the end? Mack takes us on a tour through five of the cosmos's possible finales. Along the way she guides us through cutting-edge science and major concepts in quantum mechanics, cosmology, string theory, and much more. -- adapted from jacket.
9781982103545
End of the universe.
Astrophysics.
QB991 .E53 / M33 2020
The End of everything : (astrophysically speaking) / Katie Mack. - First Scribner hardcover edition. - ix, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction to the cosmos -- Big bang to now -- Big crunch -- Heat death -- Big rip -- Vacuum decay -- Bounce -- Future of the future -- Epilogue.
We know the universe had a beginning, and expanded from a state of unimaginable density to an all-encompassing cosmic fireball to a simmering fluid of matter and energy. This laid down the seeds for everything from black holes to one rocky planet orbiting a star near the edge of a spiral galaxy that happened to develop life as we know it. But what happens at the end? Mack takes us on a tour through five of the cosmos's possible finales. Along the way she guides us through cutting-edge science and major concepts in quantum mechanics, cosmology, string theory, and much more. -- adapted from jacket.
9781982103545
End of the universe.
Astrophysics.
QB991 .E53 / M33 2020