The Universe: A Biography

ISBN-13: 9780500024645 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 304 str.

Paul Murdin

Recenzje

'A biography that contains all biographies and a stunning read from the Big Bang to the birth of our efforts to understand the Universe. I highly recommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in the life of our cosmos' - Adam G. Riess, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2011

Spis treści

Preface
1. The Questions that Revealed the Universe was Born
2. The Big Bang: The Birth of It All
3. Randomness Becomes Structure: The Formation of the First Galaxies
4. The Dark Ages and the Emerging Cosmic Dawn
5. Our Galaxy: Birth and Cannibalism
6. Ancestors, Siblings and Children: The Stars and the Sun
7. The Sun: A Star in Its Maturity
8. Stars that Die: The Biggest Bangs since the Big Bang
9. The Birth of the Solar System
10. Chaos and Collisions in the Solar System
11. The Earth: A World of Difference
12. Sequel: The Future Life of the Universe
13. Prequel: What Caused the Big Bang Expansion?

O autorze

Paul Murdin is Senior Fellow at the University of Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy and a member of Wolfson College. From 1963 he was a research scientist studying supernovae, black holes and neutron stars. He is identified as the co-discoverer of the first stellar black hole found in our Galaxy, Cygnus X-1. From 1981 he worked to organize observatories in the Canary Islands, England and Scotland, becoming a science policy maker for the UK government. In 1988 he was awarded an OBE and in 2011 he received the Royal Astronomical Society's Award for Services to Astronomy. In a parallel career he has been, and remains, a broadcaster and commentator about astronomy for the BBC and other media outlets. He is the author of many books, including Secrets of the Universe and The Secret Lives of Planets.