Cosmological Enigmas: Pulsars, Quasars, and Other Deep-Space Questions
Author:   Mark Kidger (European Space Astronomy Centre and Avenida de los Menceys 69)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
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9780801884603


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   06 January 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Mark Kidger (European Space Astronomy Centre and Avenida de los Menceys 69)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9780801884603


ISBN 10:   0801884608
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   06 January 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. How Are Stars Born and How Do They Die? 2. How Do We Know That Black Holes Exist? 3. Who Is the Strangest in the Cosmic Zoo? 4. How Far Is It to the Stars and Will We Ever Be Able to Travel to Them? 5. How Old Is the Universe? 6. Is Anybody There? 7. How Will the Universe End? 8. Why Is the Sky Dark at Night? 9. How Do We Know There Was a Big Bang? 10. What Is There Outside the Universe? Notes Index

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Easily accessible to the nonspecialist. -- Paul V. Pancella, Science Books and Films


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Mark Kidger is an astronomer at the European Space Astronomy Centre in Madrid. He is the author of Astronomical Enigmas: Life on Mars, the Star of Bethlehem, and Other Milky Way Mysteries, also published by Johns Hopkins.

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