Time, space, stars & man :: the story of the big bang /

Most well-read, but non-scientific, people will have heard of the term "Big Bang" as a description of the origin of the Universe. They will recognize that DNA identifies individuals and will know that the origin of life is one of the great unsolved scientific mysteries. This book brings to...

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1. Verfasser: Woolfson, Michael M. (Michael Mark)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London : Hackensack, NJ : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub., ©2008.
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Zusammenfassung:Most well-read, but non-scientific, people will have heard of the term "Big Bang" as a description of the origin of the Universe. They will recognize that DNA identifies individuals and will know that the origin of life is one of the great unsolved scientific mysteries. This book brings together all of that material. Starting with the creation of space and time - known as the Big Bang - the book traces causally related steps through the formation of matter, of stars and planets, the Earth itself, the evolution of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, and then through to the beginnings of life an.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 422 pages) : illustrations (some color), map
ISBN:9781848162747
184816274X
1282441175
9781282441170
9786612441172
6612441178