Time, space, stars & man : the story of the big bang / Michael M. Woolfson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woolfson, Michael M. (Michael Mark)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Big bang theory.

Cosmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The three greatest scientific mysteries, which remain poorly understood, are the origin of the universe, the origin of life and the development of consciousness. This book describes the processes preceding the Big Bang, the creation of matter, the concentration of that matter into stars and planets, the development of simple life forms and the theory of evolution that has given higher life forms, including mankind.There are many popular and excellent science books that present various aspects of science. However, this book follows a narrow scientific pathway from the Big Bang to mankind, and d

Contents:

Contents; Introduction and Introduction to the Second Edition; Chapter 1 Musing; The Universe; Chapter 2 Christian Doppler and His Effect; 2.1 Waves, Frequency and Wavelength; 2.2 The Doppler Effect and Sound Waves; 2.3 The Doppler Effect and Astronomy; Chapter 3 Measuring Distances in the Universe; 3.1 The Parallax Method; 3.2 Main-Sequence Stars; 3.3 Using Cepheid Variables; 3.4 Spinning Galaxies; 3.5 Using Supernovae as Standard Sources; Chapter 4 Edwin Hubble's Expanding Universe; 4.1 Galaxies, Clusters and Superclusters; 4.2 Hubble's Law; Chapter 5 A Weird and Wonderful Universe

5.1 The Classical Universe5.2 The Relativistic Universe; 5.3 Missing Mass and Dark Energy; Matter and the Universe; Chapter 6 The Nature of Matter; 6.1 Atoms and Molecules; 6.2 The Discovery of Electrons; 6.3 The Atomic Nucleus; 6.4 The Elusive Neutrino and Antiparticles; 6.5 Quarks; Chapter 7 The Big-Bang Hypothesis; 7.1 Origin of the Big-Bang Hypothesis; 7.2 What Happened in the Big Bang?; From the beginning to 10-12 seconds; From 10-12 to 10-10 seconds; Time about 10-4 seconds; Time about 1 second; Time about 100 seconds; Time 10,000 years; Time 500,000 years

Chapter 8 How Matter Can Clump Together8.1 Gravitational Instability; 8.2 The Role of Turbulence; 8.3 Cooling Processes; Chapter 9 The Universe Develops Structure; Stars, Stellar Clusters and Galaxies; Chapter 10 The First Stars are Born, Live and Die; 10.1 The Birth of Stars; 10.2 The Life of Stars; 10.3 The Final Journey; Chapter 11 The Formation of Globular Clusters and Galaxies; 11.1 What Constitutes the Missing Mass?; 11.2 How Do Galaxies Form?; Chapter 12 Making the Sun - and Similar Stars; 12.1 The Ingredients For Star Formation; 12.2 Forming Dark, Cool Clouds; 12.3 Forming Protostars

12.4 The Rotation of Stars12.5 Observation and Theory Relating to Star Formation; 12.6 The Formation of Binary Systems; Chapter 13 A Crowded Environment; 13.1 Embedded Clusters; 13.2 Interactions Between Stars; The Solar System; Chapter 14 Understanding the Nature of the Solar System; 14.1 Ptolemy's Earth-Centred Model; 14.2 The Copernicus Heliocentric Model; 14.3 Tycho Brahe; 14.4 Johannes Kepler; 14.5 Galileo Galilei; 14.6 Isaac Newton; Chapter 15 Introducing the Planets; 15.1 An Overall Description of the Planetary System; 15.2 The Major Planets; 15.3 The Terrestrial Planets

Chapter 16 Satellites Galore16.1 The Satellites of Jupiter; 16.2 The Satellites of Saturn; 16.3 The Satellites of Uranus; 16.4 The Satellites of Neptune; 16.5 The Satellites of Mars; 16.6 The Moon; Chapter 17 'Vermin of the Sky' and Other Small Bodies; 17.1 Bode's Law; 17.2 Asteroids Galore; 17.3 Meteorites; 17.3.1 Stony Meteorites; 17.3.2 Iron Meteorites; 17.3.3 Stony-Iron Meteorites; 17.4 Comets; 17.5 The Kuiper Belt; Chapter 18 Planets Galore; 18.1 Detecting Planets Around Other Stars; 18.2 Imaging the Effects of Unseen Exoplanets; 18.3 Images of Exoplanets; Forming the Solar System

Chapter 19 Making Planets

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781283972154

1283972158

9781848169357

1848169353

OCLC:

827210168