The Biggest Bangs: The Mystery Of Gamma-Ray Bursts, The Most Violent Explosions In The Universe

Katz, Jonathan I

ISBN 10: 0195145704 / ISBN 13: 9780195145700

Editore: Oxford University Press, New York, New York, U. S. A., 2002

Riguardo questo articolo

First Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With One Quarter Blue Cloth Over Green Paper. Silver Lettering On The Spine.

Codice articolo 042283

Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: The Biggest Bangs: The Mystery Of Gamma-Ray Bursts, The Most Violent Explosions In The Universe
• Editore: Oxford University Press, New York, New York, U. S. A.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0195145704
• ISBN 13: 9780195145700
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Fine

Descrizione articolo

Riassunto

For over a quarter of a century, gamma-ray bursts were the outstanding mystery in astronomy. No one knew where they were or how they worked. The Biggest Bangs tells how the mystery was unraveled, from the discovery of gamma-ray bursts by a Cold War satellite system monitoring the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty to the localization of bursts in distant galaxies and the observation of surprisingly bright flashes of light from the bursts themselves. The Biggest Bangs is for laymen with an interest in science, physicists and astronomers interested in subjects in those fields not their specialty, students in non-technical astonomy courses, and as supplemental reading for courses in the history of science.

Informazioni sull?autore

Jonathan I. Katz received a PhD from Cornell University at the age of 22. He is an astrophysicist and applied physicist who has worked on problems as diverse as X ray stars, earthquakes, the fracture of glass, and gamma-ray bursts.