Welcome to the Universe : an Astrophysical tour (Record no. 70252)
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| fixed length control field | 02050 a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780691157245 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 523.1 |
| Item number | TYS |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tyson, Neil De Grasse |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Welcome to the Universe : an Astrophysical tour |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Jersey |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Princeton University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 470p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>PREFACE 11<br/>PART I. STARS, PLANETS, AND LIFE 15<br/>1 THE SIZE AND SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE 17<br/>Neil deGrasse Tyson<br/>2 FROM THE DAY AND NIGHT SKY TO PLANETARY ORBITS 26<br/>Neil deGrasse Tyson<br/>3 NEWTON'S LAWS 42<br/>Michael A. Strauss<br/>4 HOW STARS RADIATE ENERGY (I) 54<br/>Neil deGrasse Tyson<br/>5 HOW STARS RADIATE ENERGY (II) 71<br/>Neil deGrasse Tyson<br/>6 STELLAR SPECTRA 81<br/>Neil deGrasse Tyson<br/>7 THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF STARS ( I) 93<br/>Neil deGrasse Tyson<br/>8 THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF STARS (II) 111<br/>Michael A. Strauss<br/>9 WHY PLUTO IS NOT A PLANET 126<br/>Neil deGrasse Tyson<br/>10 THE SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE GALAXY 146<br/>Neil deGrasse Tyson<br/>PART II. GALAXIES 171<br/>11 THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM 173<br/>Michael A. Strauss<br/>12 OUR MILKY WAY 183<br/>Michael A. Strauss<br/>13 THE UNIVERSE OF GALAXIES 197<br/>Michael A. Strauss<br/>14 THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE 207<br/>Michael A. Strauss<br/>15 THE EARLY UNIVERSE 222<br/>Michael A. Strauss<br/>16 QUASARS AND SUPER MASSIVE BLACK HOLES 241<br/>Michael A. Strauss<br/>PART Ill. EINSTEIN AND THE UNIVERSE 255<br/>17 EINSTEIN 'S ROAD TO RELATIVITY<br/>J. Richard Gott <br/>18 IMPLICATIONS OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY 270<br/>J. Richard Gott<br/>19 EINSTEIN'S GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY 289<br/>J. Richard Gott<br/>20 BLACK HOLES 300<br/>J. Richard Gott<br/>21 COSMIC STRINGS, WORMHOLES, AND TIME TRAVEL 321<br/>J. Richard Gott<br/>22 THE SHAPE OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE BIG BANG 347<br/>J. Richard Gott<br/>23 INFLATION AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COSMOLOGY 374<br/>J. Richard Gott<br/>24 OUR FUTURE IN THE UNIVERSE 400<br/>J. Richard Gott<br/>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 425<br/>APPEND IX 1<br/>Derivation of E = mc2 427<br/>APPENDIX 2<br/>Bekenstein, Entropy of Black Holes, and Information 431<br/>NOTES 433<br/>SUGGESTED READING 439<br/>INDEX 441 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | USA |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | FA |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Drawing |
| -- | Relativity (Physics) |
| -- | Stars |
| -- | Cosmology |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Paleoclimatology |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Paleoecology |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Ecology |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Prehistoric peoples |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Faculty of Architecture | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | General | 02/12/2022 | amazon.in | 1259.00 | 4 | 4 | 523.1 TYS | 024335 | 03/04/2023 | 30/03/2023 | 1259.00 | 02/12/2022 | Book |