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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Minkel, J. R.     Subjects     Astronomy -- Popular works.     Astrophysics -- Popular works.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Minkel, J. R.       by title:      Instant egghead guid...         MARC Display

Instant egghead guide. The universe / J.R. Minkel and Scientific American ; with a foreword by George Musser, Jr. by Minkel, J. R. New York : St. Martin's Griffin, c2009. Subjects Astronomy -- Popular works.   Astrophysics -- Popular works. Electronic Resource http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2009010883-d.html Electronic Resource http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2009010883-b.html Electronic Resource http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008027233-b.html Electronic Resource http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008027233-d.html ISBN:  9780312386375 (pbk.) 0312386370 Series:  60-second science. Description:  xv, 221 p. ; 19 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  Matter and energy. Electrons, protons, and neutrons ; Atoms ; The elements ; Molecules ; Chemical energy ; States of matter ; Conservation of energy ; Heat and temperature ; Entropy ; The nucleus ; Radioactivity ; Fusion -- Electromagnetism and light. Electricity ; Magnetism ; Electromagnetism ; Light waves ; The electromagnetic spectrum ; Photons -- quantum weirdness. What's a quantum? ; Wave-particle duality ; Waves of probability ; Superposition ; The Uncertainty Principle ; Entanglement ; Quantum unreality -- Motion, space, and time. Mass and inertia ; Forces and acceleration ; Momentum ; Gravity ; Orbital motion ; Special relativity ; Time dilation ; Mass-energy and the light speed limit ; Spacetime ; General relativity -- The solar system. The sun ; The planets ; Mercury ; Venus ; Earth ; The moon ; Mars ; Asteroids ; Meteors ; Jupiter ; Saturn ; Uranus ; Neptune ; Pluto and the Kuiper Belt ; Comets -- The secret lives of the stars. Stars ; Nebulas ; Red giants ; White dwarfs ; Supernovas ; Neutron stars and pulsars ; Gamma ray bursts ; Black holes -- Weird matter and energy. Antimatter ; Cosmic rays ; Neutrinos ; Dark matter ; Vacuum energy -- The Milky Way and beyond. The Milky Way ; Exoplanets ; Star clusters ; Galaxies ; Active galaxies ; The Local Group and galaxy clusters ; Galaxy evolution ; Large-scale structure -- Cosmology. The Big Bang ; Space is expanding ; The cosmic microwave background ; The universe is flat ; Inflation ; Dark energy ; The first three minutes -- Particle physics and unification. The Standard Model ; Particle accelerators ; Pass to bosons ; Quarks ; The Strong Force ; Meet the leptons ; The weird force ; Symmetry ; Unification ; The Higgs Boson ; Quantum gravity ; String theory -- The outer limits. Alien life ; Advanced civilizations ; Threats to life ; Visiting a black hole ; Free will versus the universe ; Time travel and wormholes ; Many worlds ; The fate of the universe ; The arrow of time ; The multiverse. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 520 Mi Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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