Extreme Cosmos
| Author | : Bryan Gaensler |
| Publisher | : UNSW Press |
| Total Pages | : 213 |
| Release | : |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781742240565 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1742240569 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (569 Downloads) |
Download or read book Extreme Cosmos written by Bryan Gaensler and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universe is all about extremes. Space has a temperature 270°C below freezing. Stars die in catastrophic supernova explosions a billion times brighter than the Sun. A black hole can generate 10 million trillion volts of electricity. And hypergiants are stars 2 billion kilometres across, larger than the orbit of Jupiter. Extreme Cosmos provides a stunning new view of the way the Universe works, seen through the lens of extremes: the fastest, hottest, heaviest, brightest, oldest, densest and even the loudest. This is an astronomy book that not only offers amazing facts and figures but also re.