The matchbox that ate a forty-ton truck : what everyday things tell us about the universe
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The matchbox that ate a forty-ton truck : what everyday things tell us about the universe
AUTHOR:
Chown, Marcus
ISBN:
9780865479227
EDITION:
1st ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Faber and Faber, 2010
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xiii, 269 p. ; 22 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS:
The face in the window -- Why atoms rock and roll all over the place -- No more than two peas in a pod at a time -- We need to talk about Kelvin -- You, me and the spectacularly unlikely triple-alpha process -- The 4.5-billion-degree furnace -- The unutterable feebleness of starlight -- The bang before the Big One -- The Humpty Dumpty tendency -- Random reality -- Earth's full, go home.
ABSTRACT:
An introduction to cosmology instructs readers on how to recognize cosmic qualities in the everyday world, from the paradoxical size of atoms versus light waves to the ways in which television static reflects the origins of the universe.
SUBJECT:
| Cosmology -- Popular works |
| Physics -- Popular works |
| Science -- Popular works |
BIBSUMMARY:
An introduction to cosmology instructs readers on how to recognize cosmic qualities in the everyday world, from the paradoxical size of atoms versus light waves to the ways in which television static reflects the origins of the universe.