Time, Space, Stars And Man: The Story Of The Big Bang

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A01=Michael Mark Woolfson
Author_Michael Mark Woolfson
Big Bang
Category=PGK
Elementary Particles
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Evolution
Galaxies
Genetics
Life
Planets
Solar System
Stars
Stellar Clusters

Product details

  • ISBN 9781848162723
  • Publication Date: 23 Jan 2009
  • Publisher: Imperial College Press
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Most well-read, but non-scientific, people will have heard of the term “Big Bang” as a description of the origin of the Universe. They will recognize that DNA identifies individuals and will know that the origin of life is one of the great unsolved scientific mysteries. This book brings together all of that material. Starting with the creation of space and time — known as the Big Bang — the book traces causally related steps through the formation of matter, of stars and planets, the Earth itself, the evolution of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, and then through to the beginnings of life and the evolution of man. The material is presented in such a way that a non-scientist can comprehend it, without using formulae or equations but still preserving the integrity of the involved science. This book does not solve the mysteries of what initiated the Big Bang or how life evolved from inanimate matter, but it does make clear the nature of those problems. The reader will be left with a sense of wonderment that he or she actually exists!