Thomas R. Scott

The Universe as It Really Is

Earth, Space, Matter, and Time

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In this book, Thomas R. Scott ventures into the known and the unknown to explain our universe and the laws that govern it. The Universe as It Really Is begins with physics and the building blocks of the universe--time, gravity, light, and elementary particles--and chemistry's ability to explain the interactions among them. Scott tours the earth and atmospheric sciences to explain the forces that shape our planet and then takes off for the stars to describe our place in the cosmos. He gives vivid introductions to our collective scientific inheritance, narrating discoveries such as the shape of the atom and the nature of the nucleus or how we u… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Powell, James (Zus. mit)

ISBN: 978-0-231-18494-6
EAN: 9780231184946
Produktnummer: 25128108
Verlag: University Presses
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 368 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.9 cm x D2.5 cm 631 g
Abbildungen: Print PDF; 33 figures
Gewicht: 631

Über den Autor

Thomas R. Scott (1944-2017) was professor emeritus of psychology and academic vice president emeritus at San Diego State University, where he also served as dean of the College of Sciences, vice president for research, dean of the Graduate Division, and chief executive officer of the SDSU Research Foundation.James Lawrence Powell is executive director of the National Physical Science Consortium. He previously served on the National Science Board and has also been president of Franklin and Marshall College, Reed College, the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Powell is the author of The Inquisition of Climate Science (2011) and Four Revolutions in the Earth Sciences: From Heresy to Truth (2014), both from Columbia University Press.