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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Weintraub, David A. (David Andrew), 1958-     Subjects     Cosmology.     Solar system -- Age.     Earth (Planet) -- Age.     Universe.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Weintraub, David A. (David Andrew), 1958-       by title:      How old is the unive...         MARC Display

How old is the universe? / David A. Weintraub. by Weintraub, David A. (David Andrew), 1958- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011. Subjects Cosmology.   Solar system -- Age.   Earth (Planet) -- Age.   Universe. ISBN:  9780691147314 (hardback : alk. paper) 0691147310 (hardback : alk. paper) Description:  370 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Contents:  The age of objects in our solar system. 4004 BCE -- Moon rocks and meteorites -- Defying gravity -- The ages of the oldest stars. Stepping out -- Distances and light -- All stars are not the same -- Giant and dwarf stars -- Reading a Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram -- Mass -- Star clusters -- Mass matters -- White dwarfs and the age of the universe -- Ages of globular clusters and the age of the universe -- The age of the universe. Cepheids -- An irregular system of globular clusters -- The Milky Way demoted -- The trouble with gravity -- The expanding universe -- The Hubble age of the universe -- The accelerating universe -- Dark matter -- Exotic dark matter -- Hot stuff -- Two kinds of trouble -- The WMAP map of the CMB and the age of the universe -- A consistent answer. Requests:  0 Summary:  Tells the incredible story of how astronomers solved one of the most compelling mysteries in science and, along the way, introduces readers to fundamental concepts and cutting-edge advances in modern astronomy.--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Nonfiction 523.1 We Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 523.1 We Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 523.1 Weintraub Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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