Cosmological enigmas [electronic resource] : pulsars, quasars, & other deep-space questions / Mark Kidger.
By: Kidger, Mark R. (Mark Richard).
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Material type: BookPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2007Description: viii, 224 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.).Subject(s): Cosmology -- Popular worksGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 523.1 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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E-book | IUKL Library | Subscripti | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10363132 | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-216) and index.
How are stars born and how do they die? -- How do we know that black holes exist? -- Who is the strangest in the cosmic zoo? -- How far is it to the stars and will we ever be able to travel to them? -- How old is the universe? -- Is anybody there? -- How will the universe end? -- Why is the sky dark at night? -- How do we know that there was a big bang? -- What is there outside the universe?
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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