Extreme Cosmos
by Bryan Gaensler
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Description
The universe is all about extremes. Space has a temperature 270°C below freezing. Stars die in catastrophic supernova explosions a billion times brighter than the Sun. A black hole can generate 10 million trillion volts of electricity. And hypergiants are stars 2 billion kilometres across, larger than the orbit of Jupiter. Extreme Cosmos provides a stunning new view of the way the Universe works, seen through the lens of extremes: the fastest, hottest, heaviest, brightest, oldest, densest and even the loudest. This is an astronomy book that not only offers amazing facts and figures but also reveals the remarkable richness of the universe and the incredible physics that modern astronomy has unveiled.
Customer Reviews
Extreme Cosmos
This book is a great read!!
I am not a smart guy, but this book was brilliant!! It puts these massive ideas about space and makes them as simple as possible. But i'd think that most people could learn a little bit from this book. I dont read often, but i found myself staying awake just to finish the chapter. I'd never thought that a book that touches really deep space could be written to be so easily read.
- $16.99
- Category: Science & Nature
- Published: 01 September 2011
- Publisher: New South
- Seller: University of New South Wales Press
- Print Length: 256 Pages
- Language: English
