Bibliograph

Big bangs and black holes, a graphic novel guide to the universe, script and illustrations, Herji ; theoretical background, Francfort ; translated by Jeffrey K.. Butt ; with the participation of Nobel Prize Laureate Michel Mayor

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Big bangs and black holes, a graphic novel guide to the universe, script and illustrations, Herji ; theoretical background, Francfort ; translated by Jeffrey K.. Butt ; with the participation of Nobel Prize Laureate Michel Mayor

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Big bangs and black holes

Nature of contents

comics graphic novelsindexes

Oclc number

1345216078

Responsibility statement

script and illustrations, Herji ; theoretical background, Francfort ; translated by Jeffrey K.. Butt ; with the participation of Nobel Prize Laureate Michel Mayor

Sub title

a graphic novel guide to the universe

Summary

"Go back in time with Nobel Prize laureate Michel Mayor to understand the secrets of the Universe and meet the great names in physics: Newton, Einstein and many more. This graphic-novel guide to the Universe explains complex ideas in a way anyone can understand. It's a book full of adventure-- as well as some of the most important concepts humankind has ever studied. On the program: gravitational waves, the theory of relativity, black holes-- and more!"--back cover

Table Of Contents

Cosmology -- The Big Bang -- Cosmic microwave background -- Gravitational waves -- Black holes -- Laws of gravity and motion -- Michel Mayor -- Galileo -- Isaac Newton -- Voltaire -- Space-time -- General relativity -- Einstein -- The Schwarzschild solution -- The Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker solution -- The standard model of cosmology -- Electrons, photons, and quarks -- Redshift -- Henrietta Swan Leavitt -- Schwarzchild radius -- Event horizon -- Spaghettification -- Gravitational singularity -- Dark matter -- Dark energy

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