The Universe In A Box A New Cosmic History
**AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST**Will we ever truly understand our cosmic home? This is the story of the technologies that allow us to look up, to learn and to discover our place in the cosmos. 'An elect...
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**AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST**Will we ever truly understand our cosmic home? This is the story of the technologies that allow us to look up, to learn and to discover our place in the cosmos. 'An electrifying new history of the universe' HANNAH FRY, author of Rutherford and Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely EverythingWe are part of an incredible chain of events stretching 13.8 billion years into the past and even further into the future. But what does that future hold? And how do scientists study the entire universe?The Universe in a Box is Andrew Pontzen's tribute to simulations - the remarkable computer codes that, over the last century, have allowed us to grasp the distant past and far future of the universe. It reveals the stories of pioneering scientists who unlocked the mysteries of the cosmos, and reframes our understanding of galaxies, black holes and space itself. 'I was enlightened, amazed, and profoundly impressed' SIR PHILIP PULLMAN, author of His Dark Materials'Compelling...a veritable treasure chest filled with captivating stories'SCIENCE **AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST**Will we ever truly understand our cosmic home? This is the story of the technologies that allow us to look up, to learn and to discover our place in the cosmos.''An electrifying new history of the universe'' HANNAH FRY, author of Rutherford and Fry''s Complete Guide to Absolutely EverythingWe are part of an incredible chain of events stretching 13.8 billion years into the past and even further into the future. But what does that future hold? And how do scientists study the entire universe?The Universe in a Box is Andrew Pontzen''s tribute to simulations - the remarkable computer codes that, over the last century, have allowed us to grasp the distant past and far future of the universe. It reveals the stories of pioneering scientists who unlocked the mysteries of the cosmos, and reframes our understanding of galaxies, black holes and space itself.''I was enlightened, amazed, and profoundly impressed'' SIR PHILIP PULLMAN, author of His Dark Materials''Compelling...a veritable treasure chest filled with captivating stories''SCIENCE
Detaljer
Forfatter
Forlag
Vintage
ISBN
9781529922004
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
256
Udgivelsesdato
13-06-2024
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3183546
EAN nr.
9781529922004
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.
Højde/Dybde (mm)
19
Bredde (mm)
197
Længde (mm)
128
Vægt (g)
182