First Dawn
Autor Bonnie Mcclellan-Broussard, Roberto Battistonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 sep 2022
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780262047210
ISBN-10: 0262047217
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 160 x 230 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: MIT Press Ltd
ISBN-10: 0262047217
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 160 x 230 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: MIT Press Ltd
Notă biografică
Roberto Battiston; translated by Bonnie McClellan-Broussard; foreword by Marcia Bartusiak
Cuprins
Foreword by Marcia Bartusiak IX
Preface XIII
1 Lights Beyond the Horizon 1
2 Traveling Companions 5
3 The Laws of the Cosmos 9
4 Knowing that we Don't Know 17
5 Elephants in the Room 23
6 Fiat Lux? 29
7 Space 33
8 Ten Infernal Minutes 39
9 And There Was Not Light 49
10 The First Dawn of the Cosmos 53
11 A Special Star 57
12 The Dawn of the Solar System 61
13 The Earth and Its Climate 67
14 The Dawn of Life 71
15 Interstellar Migrations 77
16 Other Suns, Other Worlds 83
17 Where Are They? 89
18 The Dark Side of the Cosmos 93
19 The Organization of the Universe 99
20 Black Holes 103
21 Toward a New Astronomy 111
22 Toward the Infinitely Large 119
23 Toward the Infinitely Small 123
24 Big Science 129
25 The Universe as a Laboratory 135
26 A Special Particle 139
27 Antimatter 143
28 Hunting for Antimatter in Space 149
29 New Territories, New Dawns 155
30 The Dawn of Astronautics 167
31 The Dawn of the Next Star 171
32 Even More Satellites, Even Smaller 175
33 The Dawn of the Future 181
Acknowledgments 189
Index 191
Preface XIII
1 Lights Beyond the Horizon 1
2 Traveling Companions 5
3 The Laws of the Cosmos 9
4 Knowing that we Don't Know 17
5 Elephants in the Room 23
6 Fiat Lux? 29
7 Space 33
8 Ten Infernal Minutes 39
9 And There Was Not Light 49
10 The First Dawn of the Cosmos 53
11 A Special Star 57
12 The Dawn of the Solar System 61
13 The Earth and Its Climate 67
14 The Dawn of Life 71
15 Interstellar Migrations 77
16 Other Suns, Other Worlds 83
17 Where Are They? 89
18 The Dark Side of the Cosmos 93
19 The Organization of the Universe 99
20 Black Holes 103
21 Toward a New Astronomy 111
22 Toward the Infinitely Large 119
23 Toward the Infinitely Small 123
24 Big Science 129
25 The Universe as a Laboratory 135
26 A Special Particle 139
27 Antimatter 143
28 Hunting for Antimatter in Space 149
29 New Territories, New Dawns 155
30 The Dawn of Astronautics 167
31 The Dawn of the Next Star 171
32 Even More Satellites, Even Smaller 175
33 The Dawn of the Future 181
Acknowledgments 189
Index 191