50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: UniverseFrom dwarf planets to dark energy; and from the Big Bang to the death of stars, this book is the perfect introduction to the cutting-edge science that is shaping our understanding of our place in the Universe and that could lead to the next great discovery--the detection of life beyond Earth. |
Contents
Introduction REVEALING THE UNIVERSE | |
Planets 02 Heliocentrism | |
Keplerslaws 04 Newtons law of gravitation | |
Newtons theory ofoptics | |
The telescope 07 Fraunhofer lines 08 Doppler effect | |
Parallax 10 The Great Debate | |
Olbers paradox | |
Hubbles law 13 Cosmic distance ladder 14 The Big Bang | |
Antimatter | |
Dark matter | |
Cosmic inflation | |
Dark energy | |
Machs principle | |
Special relativity | |
General relativity | |
Blackholes 25 Particle astrophysics | |
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