Introducing the Universe
A Graphic Guide
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-84831-418-4 (ISBN)
Description
Compact INTRODUCING guide to the science behind the world we live in. The universe is expanding, but how long has the expansion been going on? Will it expand forever, or collapse in a Big Crunch, a Big Bang in reverse? From Aristotle to Newton, Einstein to Quantum Mechanics, INTRODUCING THE UNIVERSE - A GRAPHIC GUIDE recounts the revolutions in physics and astronomy that underlie the present-day picture of the universe.
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Edition
Compact ed
Language
English
Place of publication
Duxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 168 mm
Width: 118 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84831-418-4 (9781848314184)
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Felix Pirani is Emeritus Professor of Rational Mechanics in the University of London. He has published a number of scientific papers and popular articles about Einstein's theory of relativity, and three books for children. He was once attached to a group of cosmologists known as the Cambridge Circus. Christine Roche is an illustrator, cartoonist, and filmmaker.