The evolving universe and the origin of life : the search for our cosmic roots / Pekka Teerikorpi ... [et al.].
Publication details: New York, NY : Springer, c2009.Description: xvii, 508 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780387095332
- 0387095330
- 9780387095349 (e-ISBN)
- Search for our cosmic roots
- 523.1 22
- QB981 .E845 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-491) and index.
Pt.1. The widening world view. When science was born -- Science in Athens -- Planetary spheres and the size of the universe -- Medieval cosmology -- The roots of the Copernican Revolution -- The true laws of planetary motion revealed -- Galileo Galilei and his successors -- How far away are the stars? -- The scale of the solar system -- Pt.2. Physical laws of nature. Newton -- Celestial mechanics -- Nature of light -- Electricity and magnetism -- Time and space -- Curved space and gravity -- Atoms and nuclei -- Strange microworld -- Elementary particles
Pt.3. The universe. Stars: cosmic fusion reactors -- The riddle of the Milky Way -- Entering the galaxy universe -- Large-scale structure of the universe -- Finite or infinite universe: cosmological models -- When it all began: big bang -- The dark side of the universe -- Active galaxies: messages through radio waves -- Origin of galaxies -- Pt.4. Life in the universe. The nature of life -- The origin of earth and its moon -- Emergence and evolution of life -- Life and our solar system -- Extrasolar planetary systems and life in other solar systems -- Human's role in the universe.
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