Extreme cosmos [electronic resource] / Bryan Gaensler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaensler, Bryan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomy.

Outer space.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : NewSouth Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The universe is all about extremes. Space has a temperature 270°C below freezing. Stars die in catastrophic supernova explosions a billion times brighter than the Sun. A black hole can generate 10 million trillion volts of electricity. And hypergiants are stars 2 billion kilometres across, larger than the orbit of Jupiter. Extreme Cosmos provides a stunning new view of the way the Universe works, seen through the lens of extremes: the fastest, hottest, heaviest, brightest, oldest, densest and even the loudest. This is an astronomy book that not only offers amazing facts and figures but also re

Contents:

Preface; Introduction; 1. Extremes of temperature; 2. Extremes of light; 3. Extremes of time; 4. Extremes of size; 5. Extremes of speed; 6. Extremes of mass; 7. Extremes of sound; 8. Extremes of electricity and magnetism; 9. Extremes of gravity; 10. Extremes of density; Epilogue

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-74224-565-X

OCLC:

753480532