Musing -- [Part I.] The universe. Christian Doppler and his effect -- Measuring distances in the universe -- Edwin Hubble's expanding universe -- A weird and wonderful universe -- [Part II.] Matter and the universe. The nature of matter -- The big-bang hypothesis -- How matter can clump together -- The universe develops structure -- [Part III.] Stars, stellar clusters and galaxies. The first stars are born, live and die -- The formation of globular clusters and galaxies -- Making the sun : and similar stars -- A crowded environment -- [Part IV.] The solar system. Understanding the nature of the solar system -- Introducing the planets -- Satellites galore -- 'Vermin of the sky' and other small bodies -- Planets galore -- [Part V.] Forming the solar system. Making planets -- Shrinking orbits and the survival of planetary systems -- Now satellites form -- What can be learnt from meteorites? -- A little-bang theory and the terrestrial planets -- The moon : its structure and history -- The very small planets : Mars and Mercury -- Smaller bodies of the solar system -- The origin of isotopic anomalies in meteorites -- [Part VI.] Life on Earth. The Earth settles down : more-or-less -- What is life? -- Forms of life -- Nineteenth century genetics : the survival of the fittest -- Twentieth century genetics : the alphabets of life -- Life begins on Earth -- The restless Earth -- Oxygen, ozone and life -- The evolution of life : from Archaea to early mammals -- Early mammals to man -- Man and the Earth -- Musing again
بدون عنوان
0
عنوان اصلی به زبان دیگر
عنوان اصلي به زبان ديگر
Time, space, stars and man
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Big bang theory
رده بندی ديویی
شماره
523
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1/8
ويراست
23
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
QB991
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B54
نشانه اثر
W66
2013
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )