Imminent Science: What Remains to be Discovered
Author:   Giovanni F. Bignami
Publisher:   Springer Verlag
Edition:   2014 ed.
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9788847053519


Pages:   102
Publication Date:   27 March 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Imminent Science: What Remains to be Discovered


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Author:   Giovanni F. Bignami
Publisher:   Springer Verlag
Imprint:   Springer Verlag
Edition:   2014 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.766kg
ISBN:  

9788847053519


ISBN 10:   884705351
Pages:   102
Publication Date:   27 March 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

A few recent Discoveries.- Is someone out there?.- Understanding Matter and Energy in the Universe.- All the Energy You’ve ever dreamt of.- Life: on Earth and elsewhere.- A voice recorder for Cicero and a USB Key for Mozart.- Genetics, Longevity and Methuselah flies.- Tools of the Trade for shaping the Future.

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Prof. Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami, born in Desio, Italy in 1944, is one of Europe's leading researchers in astrophysics. He is a former Director of Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements in Toulouse and is currently Head of the Italian Institute for Astrophysics and President of COSPAR, the world-wide Committee on Space Research. He is also President of The National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) and has received various awards, including the Rossi Prize of the American Astronomical Society, the Blaise Pascal Medal of the European Academy of Sciences and the von Karman Award of the International Astronautics Academy. He is an Officier de la Légion d’Honneur and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei and the French Académie des Sciences. Professor Bignami is one of the most authoritative scientists in astrophysical and space research and identified the neutron star “Geminga.” He is the author of several previous well-received books.

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