The Resource Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries, Neil deGrasse Tyson
Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries, Neil deGrasse Tyson
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- Summary
- A collection of essays on the cosmos, written by an American Museum of Natural History astrophysicist, includes "Holy Wars," "Ends of the World," and "Hollywood Nights."
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 384 pages
- Contents
-
- Section 2:
- The knowledge of nature : the challenges of discovering the contents of the cosmos. Journeys from the center of the Sun
- Planet parade
- Vagabonds of the solar system
- The five points of Lagrange
- Antimatter matters
- Section 3:
- Ways and means of nature : how nature presents herself to the inquiring mind. The importance of being constant
- Speed limits
- Going ballistic
- Prologue:
- On being dense
- Over the rainbow ; cosmic windows
- Colors of the cosmos
- Cosmic plasma
- Fire and ice ;
- Section 4:
- The meaning of life : the challenges and triumphs of knowing how we got here. Dust to dust
- Forged in the stars
- Send in the clouds
- Goldilocks and the three planets
- The beginning of science
- Water, water
- Living space
- Life in the universe
- Our radio bubble.
- Section 5:
- When the universe turns bad : all the ways the cosmos wants to kill us
- Chaos in the solar system
- Coming attractions ; ends of the world
- Galactic engines ; Knock 'em dead
- Death by black hole
- Section 1:
- Section 6:
- Science and culture : the ruffled interface between cosmic discovery and the public's reaction to it. Things people say
- Fear of numbers
- On being baffled
- Footprints in the sands of science
- Let there be dark
- Hollywood nights
- Section 7:
- Science and God : when ways of knowing collide. In the beginning
- Holy wars
- The nature of knowledge : the challenges of knowing what is knowable in the universe. Coming to our senses
- The perimeter of ignorance
- On Earth as in the heavens
- Seeing isn't believing
- The information trap
- Stick-in-the-mud science
- Isbn
- 9780393350388
- Label
- Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries
- Title
- Death by black hole
- Title remainder
- and other cosmic quandaries
- Statement of responsibility
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Subject
-
- Cosmology -- Popular works
- Cosmología -- Obras de divulgación
- Exobiology
- Exobiology -- Popular works
- Exobiología -- Obras de divulgación
- Popular works
- Religion and science
- Cosmology
- Religión y ciencia -- Obras de divulgación
- Sistema solar -- Obras de divulgación
- Solar system
- Solar system -- Popular works
- Religion and science -- Popular works
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A collection of essays on the cosmos, written by an American Museum of Natural History astrophysicist, includes "Holy Wars," "Ends of the World," and "Hollywood Nights."
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tyson, Neil deGrasse
- Dewey number
- 523.8/875
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- 1300
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- QB982
- LC item number
- .T965 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Cosmology
- Exobiology
- Solar system
- Religion and science
- Cosmología
- Exobiología
- Sistema solar
- Religión y ciencia
- Cosmology
- Exobiology
- Religion and science
- Solar system
- Label
- Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries, Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-368) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Section 2:
- The knowledge of nature : the challenges of discovering the contents of the cosmos. Journeys from the center of the Sun
- Planet parade
- Vagabonds of the solar system
- The five points of Lagrange
- Antimatter matters
- Section 3:
- Ways and means of nature : how nature presents herself to the inquiring mind. The importance of being constant
- Speed limits
- Going ballistic
- Prologue:
- On being dense
- Over the rainbow ; cosmic windows
- Colors of the cosmos
- Cosmic plasma
- Fire and ice ;
- Section 4:
- The meaning of life : the challenges and triumphs of knowing how we got here. Dust to dust
- Forged in the stars
- Send in the clouds
- Goldilocks and the three planets
- The beginning of science
- Water, water
- Living space
- Life in the universe
- Our radio bubble.
- Section 5:
- When the universe turns bad : all the ways the cosmos wants to kill us
- Chaos in the solar system
- Coming attractions ; ends of the world
- Galactic engines ; Knock 'em dead
- Death by black hole
- Section 1:
- Section 6:
- Science and culture : the ruffled interface between cosmic discovery and the public's reaction to it. Things people say
- Fear of numbers
- On being baffled
- Footprints in the sands of science
- Let there be dark
- Hollywood nights
- Section 7:
- Science and God : when ways of knowing collide. In the beginning
- Holy wars
- The nature of knowledge : the challenges of knowing what is knowable in the universe. Coming to our senses
- The perimeter of ignorance
- On Earth as in the heavens
- Seeing isn't believing
- The information trap
- Stick-in-the-mud science
- Control code
- ocm70265574
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 384 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393350388
- Lccn
- 2006022058
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o70265574
- (OCoLC)70265574
- Label
- Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries, Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-368) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Section 2:
- The knowledge of nature : the challenges of discovering the contents of the cosmos. Journeys from the center of the Sun
- Planet parade
- Vagabonds of the solar system
- The five points of Lagrange
- Antimatter matters
- Section 3:
- Ways and means of nature : how nature presents herself to the inquiring mind. The importance of being constant
- Speed limits
- Going ballistic
- Prologue:
- On being dense
- Over the rainbow ; cosmic windows
- Colors of the cosmos
- Cosmic plasma
- Fire and ice ;
- Section 4:
- The meaning of life : the challenges and triumphs of knowing how we got here. Dust to dust
- Forged in the stars
- Send in the clouds
- Goldilocks and the three planets
- The beginning of science
- Water, water
- Living space
- Life in the universe
- Our radio bubble.
- Section 5:
- When the universe turns bad : all the ways the cosmos wants to kill us
- Chaos in the solar system
- Coming attractions ; ends of the world
- Galactic engines ; Knock 'em dead
- Death by black hole
- Section 1:
- Section 6:
- Science and culture : the ruffled interface between cosmic discovery and the public's reaction to it. Things people say
- Fear of numbers
- On being baffled
- Footprints in the sands of science
- Let there be dark
- Hollywood nights
- Section 7:
- Science and God : when ways of knowing collide. In the beginning
- Holy wars
- The nature of knowledge : the challenges of knowing what is knowable in the universe. Coming to our senses
- The perimeter of ignorance
- On Earth as in the heavens
- Seeing isn't believing
- The information trap
- Stick-in-the-mud science
- Control code
- ocm70265574
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 384 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393350388
- Lccn
- 2006022058
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o70265574
- (OCoLC)70265574
Subject
- Cosmology -- Popular works
- Cosmología -- Obras de divulgación
- Exobiology
- Exobiology -- Popular works
- Exobiología -- Obras de divulgación
- Popular works
- Religion and science
- Cosmology
- Religión y ciencia -- Obras de divulgación
- Sistema solar -- Obras de divulgación
- Solar system
- Solar system -- Popular works
- Religion and science -- Popular works
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