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LEADER: 02093nam a22002897a 4500
001 2008930766
003 DLC
005 20091001080424.0
008 080610s2009 nyuaf b 001 0 eng d
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020 $a0387095330
020 $a9780387095349 (e-ISBN)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn302278443
040 $aNUI$cNUI$dOHX$dYDXCP$dSHH$dMNW$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aQB981$b.E845 2009
245 04 $aThe evolving universe and the origin of life :$bthe search for our cosmic roots /$cPekka Teerikorpi ... [et al.].
246 30 $aSearch for our cosmic roots
260 $aNew York, NY :$bSpringer,$cc2009.
300 $axvii, 508 p., [12] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.) ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 489-491) and index.
505 0 $aPt.1. The widening world view. When science was born -- Science in Athens -- Planetary spheres and the size of the universe -- Medieval cosmology -- The roots of the Copernican Revolution -- The true laws of planetary motion revealed -- Galileo Galilei and his successors -- How far away are the stars? -- The scale of the solar system -- Pt.2. Physical laws of nature. Newton -- Celestial mechanics -- Nature of light -- Electricity and magnetism -- Time and space -- Curved space and gravity -- Atoms and nuclei -- Strange microworld -- Elementary particles
505 0 $aPt.3. The universe. Stars: cosmic fusion reactors -- The riddle of the Milky Way -- Entering the galaxy universe -- Large-scale structure of the universe -- Finite or infinite universe: cosmological models -- When it all began: big bang -- The dark side of the universe -- Active galaxies: messages through radio waves -- Origin of galaxies -- Pt.4. Life in the universe. The nature of life -- The origin of earth and its moon -- Emergence and evolution of life -- Life and our solar system -- Extrasolar planetary systems and life in other solar systems -- Human's role in the universe.
650 0 $aCosmology.
650 0 $aLife$xOrigin.
700 1 $aTeerikorpi, Pekka,$d1948-