The Future of the Universe

1. Auflage. 2006
ISBN: 978-1-85233-946-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 175 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 501 g

Reihe: Astronomers' Universe

Many books have been written about the Big Bang and how the universe became the way it is today. But what about the future of the universe? What will happen to the Earth and solar system? What about our galaxy? Indeed, how long will the universe as we recognize it survive? The Future of the Universe takes the reader on a journey through space and time, beginning with a long look at the Earth and solar system, voyaging to the outermost galaxies, and finishing with speculations about the life and fate of the entire universe.

Zielgruppe

Amateur astronomers, popular science readers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meadows, A. J.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Sachbuch
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: To Begin With.- The Heat of the Sun.- The Mobile Earth.- The Earth’s Oceans and Atmosphere.- Magnetic Earth and Magnetic Sun.- Impact.- The Solar System.- Our Galaxy.- Galaxies.- The Universe.

Über Autor(innen)

Jack Meadows was formerly Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Leicester University, UK. He is now Emeritus Professor of Information Science at Loughborough University, UK.