Three steps to the universe : from the sun to black holes to the mystery of dark matter / David Garfinkle & Richard Garfinkle.

By:

Garfinkle, David, 1958-

Contributor(s):

Garfinkle, Richard

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 265 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780226283494
0226283496
9780226283463
0226283461
1282069861
9781282069862
9786612069864
6612069864

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Three steps to the universe.DDC classification:

520 22

LOC classification:

QB521 .G29 2008eb

Online resources:

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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.

Summary: If scientists can't touch the Sun, how do they know what it's made of? And if we can't see black holes, how can we be confident they exist? Gravitational physicist David Garfinkle and his brother, science fiction writer Richard Garfinkle, tackle these questions and more in Three Steps to the Universe, a tour through some of the most complex phenomena in the cosmos and an accessible exploration of how scientists acquire knowledge about the universe through observation, indirect detection, and theory. The authors begin by inviting readers to step away from the Earth and reconsider our Sun. What.

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Includes bibliographical references (page 265).

If scientists can't touch the Sun, how do they know what it's made of? And if we can't see black holes, how can we be confident they exist? Gravitational physicist David Garfinkle and his brother, science fiction writer Richard Garfinkle, tackle these questions and more in Three Steps to the Universe, a tour through some of the most complex phenomena in the cosmos and an accessible exploration of how scientists acquire knowledge about the universe through observation, indirect detection, and theory. The authors begin by inviting readers to step away from the Earth and reconsider our Sun. What.