Extreme Cosmos
Author | : Bryan Gaensler |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2012-07-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780399537516 |
ISBN-13 | : 0399537511 |
Rating | : 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A top astronomer explores the universe through the lens of its most jaw-dropping extremes. The universe is all about extremes, and in this engaging and thought-provoking book, astronomer Bryan Gaensler gives a whirlwind tour of the galaxies, with an emphasis on its fastest, hottest, heaviest, brightest, oldest, densest, and even loudest elements. From supernova explosions a billion times brighter than the sun to an asteroid the size of a beach ball, Extreme Cosmos offers a fascinating, fresh, and informed perspective of the remarkable richness of the universe, and the incredible physics that modern astronomy has revealed.