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Things that go bump in the universe how astronomers decode cosmic chaos

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Things that go bump in the universe : how astronomers decode cosmic chaos


Author/other person: James, C. Renée

Place, Publisher, Year: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023
Extent: viii, 289 seiten
ISBN: 9781421446936
Subject heading: Kosmologie

Shelfmark: 35/AST800/2024.935

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Author/other person: James, C. Renée   Fragezeichen
Title: Things that go bump in the universe
Subtitle: how astronomers decode cosmic chaos
By: C. Renée James
Place: Baltimore
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2023
Extent: viii, 289 seiten
Format: 24 cm
Abstract: "This new book explores the pioneering field of transient - or time-domain - astronomy, the incredible discoveries being made, the tools that we use to detect these cosmic events, and the aspects that continue to puzzle observers and theorists. In an engaging style accessible to the layperson, the astronomer and popular science author gives us an up-to-date overview of the "transient universe," and explains how astronomers came to see the cosmos as a dynamic place, rather than a static one"--
Formatted contents note: Prologue. Flashes of insight -- Catching cosmic fireflies -- Out of the question -- Putting the "super" in supernova -- Star-shattering energy -- The search for smoking guns -- Detecting cosmic heartbeats -- Stellar arrhythmia -- (Almost) no star is an island -- The making of a superstar -- Cloudy with a chance of neutrinos -- Not "the end" -- Collision course -- Fallen stars -- Don't blink -- Point blank -- Cats, rats, and fantastic beasts, and how to tell them apart -- Cosmic tremors -- The return of the furbies -- LIGO, we have a problem -- Impeccable timing -- All together now -- Multiple eyewitness accounts -- Furbies -- a new hope -- The first bumps in the universe -- The last hurrah -- Epilogue. Ephemera
ISBN: 9781421446936
ISBN: 1421446936
Price: Hb.
Classification: AST800
Subject heading: Kosmologie
Subject: Astronomy Popular works Transients (Dynamics) Popular works Astronomie Ouvrages de vulgarisation Phénomènes transitoires Ouvrages de vulgarisation Astronomy Transients (Dynamics)
Language: English
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_Note: Online-Ausgabe
_ISBN: 978-1-4214-4694-3
Katkey: 1994618