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The Origin of (almost) Everything

Categorie	Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer	#284831
Titel	The Origin of (almost) Everything
Auteur	Hawking, Stephen (introduction)
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	New Scientist
Jaar van uitgave	2019
ISBN10	1473696267
ISBN13	9781473696266
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking. When Edwin Hubble looked into his telescope in the 1920s, he was shocked to find that nearly all of the galaxies he could see through it were flying away from one another. If these galaxies had always been travelling, he reasoned, then they must, at some point, have been on top of one another. This discovery transformed the debate about one of the most fundamental questions of human existence - how did the universe begin? Every society has stories about the origin of the cosmos and its inhabitants, but now, with the power to peer into the early universe and deploy the knowledge gleaned from archaeology, geology, evolutionary biology and cosmology, we are closer than ever to understanding where it all came from. In The Origin of (almost) Everyt... (Lees verder)hing, New Scientist explores the modern origin stories of everything from the Big Bang, meteorites and dark energy, to dinosaurs, civilisation, timekeeping, belly-button fluff and beyond. From how complex life evolved on Earth, to the first written language, to how humans conquered space, The Origin of (almost) Everything offers a unique history of the past, present and future of our universe.
Pagina's	312
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 6,00

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