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Three steps to the universe, from the sun to black holes to the mystery of dark matter, David Garfinkle & Richard Garfinkle

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Three steps to the universe, from the sun to black holes to the mystery of dark matter, David Garfinkle & Richard Garfinkle

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 265)

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illustrations

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no index present

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non fiction

Main title

Three steps to the universe

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electronic resource eBook

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bibliographydictionaries

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David Garfinkle & Richard Garfinkle

Sub title

from the sun to black holes to the mystery of dark matter

Summary

If scientists can't touch the Sun, how do they know what it's made of? And if we can't see black holes, how can we be confident they exist? Gravitational physicist David Garfinkle and his brother, science fiction writer Richard Garfinkle, tackle these questions and more in Three Steps to the Universe, a tour through some of the most complex phenomena in the cosmos and an accessible exploration of how scientists acquire knowledge about the universe through observation, indirect detection, and theory. The authors begin by inviting readers to step away from the Earth and reconsider our Sun. What

Table Of Contents

The sun -- Look, don't touch -- What's that big bright thing made of? -- Fusion : energy hidden in plain sight -- Black holes -- Old gravity and new gravity -- Black holes in relativity -- The lives of stars -- Black hole hunting -- Gravitational waves -- Dark matter-dark energy -- Galactic scale -- What is dark matter? -- All the way out -- Dark energy, antigravity, and Einstein's fudge -- A step back to earth -- Road maps -- Science as it is written -- Glossary

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