World Famous Comics: Introducing the Universe, Third Edition (Introducing...)
Introducing the Universe, Third Edition (Introducing...)
By: Felix Pirani Publisher: Totem Books Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Totem Books Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 176 Publication Date: February 25, 2007
Product Description: 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 recounts the revolutions in physics and astronomy that underlie the present-day picture of the universe.
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This book is a waste of the paper it is printed on I am a huge fan of the Introducing-series. These books (of which I own several titles) explain very thoroughly in only a small number of pages, difficult topics. And they read pleasantly. This one though, explains nothing at all. Do not buy it! It starts off with denouncing the existence of God as not "scientific", and "proofs" this statement not by scientific arguments, but by philosphical arguments from mystery religions. A fallacy. Instead of giving an overview of the universe from big to small or vice versa, and the different cosmological world views there are, it in-depth tries to dwell on quantum mechanics, history of astronomy and the like. And a bad job is done on those topics, I can tell you. Forget about this book: it's trash. Buy Introducing Quantum Mechanics instead. That last book is truly excellent.
wow Covers quite a lot, and as you can imagine not a ton of detail about any one subject, but it's a great overview.
Great step by step introduction to Cosmology Here the Cosmology lesson is nothing short of amazingly rendered and illustrated. This is a great unification for books on physics. You will keep referencing its history and explanations for some time to come.
Core material:
Cosmology Looking back in time Atomic structures Universe structure Exponent notations Aristotle Plato Christianity Tycho's supernovas Kepler's laws 1. Each planet moves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus 2. The radius vector from the sun to the planet sweeps out equal areas in equal times 3. Kepler's ratio Galileo and the Church Shapley Milky way sketch Hubble Spiral nebulae and Hubble's constant Big Bang Penzias and Wilson in 1965 discover cosmic background radiation as radio noise General relativity Quantum Mechanics Atomic numbers Atomic nucleus (protons [+1 charge] and neutrons [0 charge] [made of quarks]. Electrons [-1]. The 4 forces The theory of electromagnetism Forms of energy Kinetic energy, Potential energy, Electromagnetic radiation, Photon, and Thermal energy. Waves and Particles Light waves Light spectrum Redshift - blueshift Special Relativity Gravitation Mass and Weight All bodies equally fast General relativity Black holes Dying Suns Neutrons Quasars Quantum theory Quantum mechanics Planck's density (when universe is compacted) is 10(93) times the density of water and Planck's time 10(-43) seconds. Friedman Model The Standard Cosmological model A big crunch Open universe The Horizon Problem Density Inflation Dark matter GUT Anthropics Hawking
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