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Ultimate horizons probing the limits of the universe Helmut Satz
Springer Nature - Springer Physics and Astronomy (R0) eBooks 2013 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Satz, H., author.
- Series:
- Frontiers collection 1612-3018
- The Frontiers Collection 1612-3018
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astrophysics.
- Cosmology.
- Universe.
- astrophysics.
- cosmology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Heidelberg Springer 2013
- Summary:
- In the last hundred years, modern physics and cosmology have shown that there exist regions of the universe forever beyond our reach, hidden by truly ultimate horizons. Such regions exist in those remote parts of the universe where, from our point of view, space expands faster than the speed of light. They are found in black holes, where the gravity is strong enough to retain even light within its field of attraction. And in the realm of the very small, quarks must remain forever confined to their world of extreme density and can never be removed from it. The aim of this book is to describe these ultimate horizons, how they were discovered, how they shape our view of the world, and what clues we have about a world beyond them
- Contents:
- Horizons
- The Vanishing Stars
- The Secret Glow of Black Holes
- The Visions of the Accelerating Observer
- The Smallest Possible Thing
- Primordial Matter
- The Last Veil
- Horizons The Vanishing Stars The Secret Glow of Black Holes The Visions of the Accelerating Observer The Smallest Possible Thing Primordial Matter
- Notes:
- "This work appears in a parallel German edition 'Gottes unsichtbare Würfel', published by C.H. Beck Verlag"
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 11, 2014)
- ISBN:
- 9783642416576
- 3642416578
- 364241656X
- 9783642416569
- 1306703336
- 9781306703338
- OCLC:
- 871345011
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1007/978-3-642-41
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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