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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Scott, Thomas R., author.     Subjects     Astrophysics.     Cosmic physics.     Space sciences.     Gravitational fields.     Meteorology.     Earth (Planet)     Universe.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Scott, Thomas R., author.       by title:      The universe as it r...         MARC Display

The universe as it really is : Earth, space, matter, and time / Thomas R. Scott ; with the assistance of James Lawrence Powell. by Scott, Thomas R., author. New York : Columbia University Press, [2018] Subjects Astrophysics.   Cosmic physics.   Space sciences.   Gravitational fields.   Meteorology.   Earth (Planet)   Universe. ISBN:  9780231184946 (hardcover) 0231184948 (hardcover) Description:  xiv, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  "The universe that science reveals to us can seem far outside the comfort zone of the human mind. Subjects near and far open up dizzying vistas, from the infinitesimal to the colossal. Humanity, the unlikely product of uncountable coincidences on unimaginable scales, inhabits a tumultuous universe that extends from our immediate environs to the most distant galaxies and beyond. But when the mind balks at the vertiginous complexity of the universe, science unveils the elegance amid the chaos. In this book, Thomas R. Scott ventures into the known and the unknown to explain our universe and the laws that govern it. The Universe as It Really Is begins with physics and the building blocks of the universe--time, gravity, light, and elementary particles--and chemistry's ability to explain the interactions among them. Scott, with the assistance of James Lawrence Powell, next tours the earth and atmospheric sciences to explain the forces that shape our planet and then takes off for the stars to describe our place in the cosmos. He provides vivid introductions to our collective scientific inheritance, narrating discoveries such as the shape of the atom and the nature of the nucleus or how we use GPS to measure time and what that has to do with relativity. A clear demonstration of the power of scientific reasoning to bring the incomprehensible within our grasp, The Universe as It Really Is gives an engrossing account of just how much we do understand about the world around us."--Publisher's website.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 523.01 Sc Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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