Cosmological Enigmas Pulsars, Quasars & Other Deep-Space Questions

Quarto; hardcover, with silver-gilt spine-titling; 224pp., colour and monochrome illustrations. Dustwrapper. Remainder. New. What are quasars, blazars, and gamma-ray bursters Could we ever travel to the stars Can we really expect aliens to contact us From the profound (what evidence do we have to support the big bang theory) to the bizarre (can there be more than one universe, and, if so, how many dimensions does it possess) to the everyday-yet-profound (why is the sky dark at night). Kidger explains not only what we know but how we came to know it. The author takes us on the ultimate cosmic journey.

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Publisher: John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD, 2007.

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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