How It Ends: From You to the Universe
| AUTHOR | Impey, Chris |
| PUBLISHER | W. W. Norton & Company (04/01/2011) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
With a healthy dose of humor, How It Ends illuminates everything from the technologies of human life extension and the evolutionary arms race between microbes and men to the inescapable dimming of the Sun and the ultimate "big rip," giving us a rare glimpse into a universe without us.
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ISBN-13:
9780393339987
ISBN-10:
039333998X
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
354
Carton Quantity:
20
Product Dimensions:
5.40 x 0.90 x 8.20 inches
Weight:
0.61 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
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Price on Product,
Maps,
Glossary,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Science | Space Science - Cosmology
Dewey Decimal:
523.19
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With a healthy dose of humor, How It Ends illuminates everything from the technologies of human life extension and the evolutionary arms race between microbes and men to the inescapable dimming of the Sun and the ultimate "big rip," giving us a rare glimpse into a universe without us.
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Author:
Impey, Chris
Chris Impey is a University Distinguished Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona, Tucson. His research interests are observational cosmology, gravitational lensing and the evolution and structure of galaxies. He is a past Vice President of the American Astronomical Society, a Fellow of the AAAS and has been NSF Distinguished Teaching Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar and the Carnegie Council on Teaching's Arizona Professor of the Year.
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