A brief welcome to the universe : a pocket-sized tour

A brief welcome to the universe : a pocket-sized tour /

"This is a condensed edition of Welcome to the Universe - essentially a pocket-sized version of the original "astrophysical tour" of the cosmos. In 8 chapters (compared to the original 24 chapters), the reader learns the essential astrophysics everyone should know -- about the size an...

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Main Authors: Tyson, Neil deGrasse (Author), Strauss, Michael Abram (Author), Gott, J. Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Cosmology > Popular works.
Astrophysics > Popular works.
SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics.
SCIENCE / Physics / General.
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Accelerating expansion of the universe.
Accretion (astrophysics).
Alpha particle.
Andromeda Galaxy.
Angular diameter.
Astrobiology.
Astrophysics.
Atomic nucleus.
Barred spiral galaxy.
Big Bang.
Calculation.
Chemical element.
Chronology of the universe.
Circumference.
Copernican principle.
Cosmic Background Explorer.
Cosmic microwave background.
Cosmic string.
Cosmogony.
Dark energy.
De Sitter space.
Deuterium.
Dimension.
Earth.
Einstein field equations.
Elementary particle.
Elliptic orbit.
Energy density.
Event horizon.
Exoplanet.
Extraterrestrial life.
Galactic Center.
Galactic year.
Galaxy cluster.
Googol.
Gravitational wave.
Gravity.
Hawking radiation.
Hubble Space Telescope.
Hubble's law.
Inflation (cosmology).
Interstellar medium.
Irregular galaxy.
Jim Peebles.
Jupiter.
Kepler (spacecraft).
Kuiper belt.
Light-year.
Longevity.
Luminosity.
Main sequence.
Measurement.
Metric expansion of space.
Milky Way.
Molecule.
Neutron star.
Neutron.
Newton's law of universal gravitation.
Nitrogen.
Nuclear fusion.
Nuclear reaction.
Observable universe.
Orion Nebula.
Photon.
Physicist.
Planck (spacecraft).
Planetary habitability.
Planetary nebula.
Positron.
Prediction.
Pressure.
Quantity.
Quantum tunnelling.
Quasar.
Real Humans.
Red giant.
Result.
Satellite galaxy.
Saturn.
Shape of the universe.
Solar System.
Solar mass.
Spacecraft.
Spiral galaxy.
Star.
Supernova.
Temperature.
The Astrophysical Journal.
The Pluto Files.
Thermal radiation.
Universe Today.
Universe.
Uranus.
Vacuum energy.
Vacuum state.
Wavelength.
Weakly interacting massive particles.
Welcome to the Universe.
White dwarf.
Year.
Popular works
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