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How it began : a time-traveler's guide to the universe / Chris Impey.

By: Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 434 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393080025 (hardcover)
  • 0393080021 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 523.1/2 23
LOC classification:
  • QB982 .I47 2012
Contents:
Separated at birth -- Planetary zoo -- Distant worlds -- Stellar nursery -- The edge of darkness -- Island universe -- Cosmic architecture -- Nuclear power -- The growth of galaxies -- Light and life -- Big bang -- White heat -- Something rather than nothing -- Unification and inflation -- Multiverse.
Summary: In this vibrant, eye-opening tour of milestones in the history of our universe, Chris Impey guides us through space and time, leading us from the familiar sights of the night sky to the dazzlingly strange aftermath of the Big Bang.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks QB982 .I47 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001211787

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Separated at birth -- Planetary zoo -- Distant worlds -- Stellar nursery -- The edge of darkness -- Island universe -- Cosmic architecture -- Nuclear power -- The growth of galaxies -- Light and life -- Big bang -- White heat -- Something rather than nothing -- Unification and inflation -- Multiverse.

In this vibrant, eye-opening tour of milestones in the history of our universe, Chris Impey guides us through space and time, leading us from the familiar sights of the night sky to the dazzlingly strange aftermath of the Big Bang.

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