The Cosmos Explained : A History of the Universe from Its Beginning to Today and Beyond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liu, Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Ivy Press, The, 2022.

Summary:

The Cosmos Explained pinpoints where you are in space and time, charting the life of our universe from the Big Bang to the future of our galaxy and beyond.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Introduction

1: The First Quadrillionth of a Quadrillionth of a Second

The Cosmos is Born

The Planck Time

The Big Bang - What Happened

The Big Bang - How it Happened

M Theory

Inflation

2: Five Minutes After the Big Bang

The Stuff of the Universe is Produced

Four Forces in Place

Subatomic Particle Soup

Subatomic Particle Zoo

Nucleosynthesis Begins

Nucleosynthesis - Heavier Nuclei

Matter-antimatter Imbalance

3: 400,000 Years After the Big Bang

The Large-scale Structure of the Universe is Established

Redshift

Baryon Acoustic Oscillations

Recombination

Decoupling

Cosmic Microwave Background

The Origin of Cosmic Structure

4: 400 Million Years After the Big Bang

Space is Illuminated as Energy Radiates into the Universe

The First Stars

The First Black Holes

Black Holes in the Cosmos

The First Galaxies

Reionization

5: 4 Billion Years After the Big Bang

Galaxies Are Born

Galaxy Formation

The Age of Quasars

Peak Star Formation

The Milky Way

Galaxy Assembly

6: 4.6 Billion Years Ago

Birth of the Sun and the Solar System

Stars Populate the Universe

Stellar Brightness and Colour

Stellar Birth and Ageing

Stellar Nucleosynthesis and Reproduction

Marking Cosmic Time

7: 4.56 Billion Years Ago

The Birth of the Earth and the Moon

Interstellar and Interplanetary Matter

The Young Sun and Solar Nebula

The Planets

Moons, Asteroids, Comets and Collisions

Planetary Systems and Exoplanets

8: 3.8 Billion Years Ago

Birth of Life on Earth

Earth Solidifies, Differentiates and Evolves

Oceans and Continents

Origin of Life - Still a Mystery

Primitive, Microscopic Life

Evolution by Natural Selection

9: 1.3 Billion Years Ago

Two Black Holes Collide

Gravity.

General Theory of Relativity

Binary Stars

Black Hole Collisions

Meanwhile on Earth…

10: 170,000 Years Ago

Sanduleak -69 202 becomes Supernova 1987A

Dinosaurs Die and Mammals Rise

Stellar Deaths, Remnant Lives

Type Ia Supernovae

Special Relativity and Type II Supernovae

Neutron Stars and Pulsars

Magellanic Clouds and SN 1987A

11: 20 July 1969

Apollo 11 - Humans Walk on the Moon

Human Evolution and Migration

Society and Civilization

Science, Technology and Society

Humans into Space and on to Other Worlds

Are We Alone?

12: The Future of the Universe

From Now to the End of Cosmic Time

The Future of Humanity

The End of the Sun

The Milky Way and Andromeda Collide

Atoms Disintegrate and Black Holes Evaporate

Dark Energy and (maybe) the End of Time

Glossary

Resources

Index

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Copyright.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780711252752

0711252750

OCLC:

1312167158