How It Ends

From You to the Universe

AvChris Impey

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Although we may try to keep it tucked at the back of our minds, most of us are aware of our own mortality. But few among us know what science, with the help of insights yielded from groundbreaking new research, has to say about death on a larger scale. Enter astronomer Chris Impey, who chronicles the death of the whole shebang: individual, species, biosphere, earth, sun, Milky Way, and, finally, the entire universe. With a healthy dose of humor, How It Ends illuminates everything from the technologies of human life extension and the evolutionary arms race between microbes and men to the inescapable dimming of the sun and the ultimate “big rip,” giving us a rare glimpse into a universe without us.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-06-22
Mått:163 x 244 x 30 mm
Vikt:639 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:WW Norton & Co
ISBN:9780393069853

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Populärvetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Populärastronomi inom Djur och Natur

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Chris Impey is a distinguished professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona and the critically-acclaimed author of Beyond, How It Began, and How It Ends, and four other books, as well as two astronomy textbooks. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.