Masks of the UniverseMacmillan Publishing Company, 1985 - 306 Seiten From the animistic world of the primitives of Newton's well-oiled clockwork to the warp and weave of Einsteinian spacetime, Harrison shows how every universe has been the ultimate universe--until a better one came along. Harrison also tours our latest version of the universe, deftly charting the strange, tiny cosmos of subatomic particles and the vast, limitless ocean of stars and galaxies. Throughout, the author enlivens his discussions with the words and thoughts of a dazzling array of renowned scientists, poets, and philosophers both past and present. He includes a number of carefully chosen illustrations--from an engraving of Dante's conception of the universe to a simple space-and-time diagram. ISBN 0-02-948780-3: $18.95. |
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... star . The mantle explodes , and a brilliant supernova briefly outshines all the other stars in the Galaxy . A fraction of the heavy elements escapes into space and intermingles with the interstellar gas from which new stars and their ...
... star . The mantle explodes , and a brilliant supernova briefly outshines all the other stars in the Galaxy . A fraction of the heavy elements escapes into space and intermingles with the interstellar gas from which new stars and their ...
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... stars would be at a distance of 1 hour's drive on an interstate highway . Scattered out to enormous distances in all direc- tions are 100 billion stars that constitute the whirlpool system called the Galaxy . Our Galaxy — a glittering ...
... stars would be at a distance of 1 hour's drive on an interstate highway . Scattered out to enormous distances in all direc- tions are 100 billion stars that constitute the whirlpool system called the Galaxy . Our Galaxy — a glittering ...
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... stars are cold and dark . Throughout these inhospitable world systems of perpetual darkness the stellar furnaces remain unlit , and the industry of producing heavy elements from hydrogen and helium stands idle . In a few only the stars ...
... stars are cold and dark . Throughout these inhospitable world systems of perpetual darkness the stellar furnaces remain unlit , and the industry of producing heavy elements from hydrogen and helium stands idle . In a few only the stars ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCING THE MASKS | 1 |
WORLDS IN THE MAKING | 15 |
THE HEART DIVINE | 119 |
Urheberrecht | |
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