Three steps to the universe : from the sun to black holes to the mystery of dark matter / David Garfinkle & Richard Garfinkle.
| Author/creator |
Garfinkle, David, 1958- |
| Other author/creator | Garfinkle, Richard. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2008. |
| Description | vii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | The sun -- Look, don't touch -- What's that big bright thing made of? -- Fusion : energy hidden in plain sight -- Black holes -- Old gravity and new gravity -- Black holes in relativity -- The lives of stars -- Black hole hunting -- Gravitational waves -- Dark matter-dark energy -- Galactic scale -- What is dark matter? -- All the way out -- Dark energy, antigravity, and Einstein's fudge -- A step back to earth -- Road maps -- Science as it is written -- Glossary. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 265). |
| LCCN | 2008008659 |
| ISBN | 9780226283463 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226283461 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | QB521 .G29 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |