Time, Space, Stars and Man

The Story of the Big Bang

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Cosmology, Biological Sciences, Evolution
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Author: Michael M Woolfson ISBN: 9781848167193
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: January 19, 2009
Imprint: ICP Language: English
Author: Michael M Woolfson
ISBN: 9781848167193
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: January 19, 2009
Imprint: ICP
Language: English

Most well-read, but non-scientific, people will have heard of the term “Big Bang” as a description of the origin of the Universe. They will recognize that DNA identifies individuals and will know that the origin of life is one of the great unsolved scientific mysteries. This book brings together all of that material. Starting with the creation of space and time — known as the Big Bang — the book traces causally related steps through the formation of matter, of stars and planets, the Earth itself, the evolution of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, and then through to the beginnings of life and the evolution of man. The material is presented in such a way that a non-scientist can comprehend it, without using formulae or equations but still preserving the integrity of the involved science. This book does not solve the mysteries of what initiated the Big Bang or how life evolved from inanimate matter, but it does make clear the nature of those problems. The reader will be left with a sense of wonderment that he or she actually exists!

Contents:

  • The Universe
  • Matter and the Universe
  • Stars, Stellar Clusters and Galaxies
  • The Solar System
  • Forming the Solar System
  • Life on Earth

Readership: Primary readership for those interested in popular science. May be used as a textbook for undergraduates or even high school students at the sixth-form level, or for non-science students taking science as a subsidiary level.
Key Features:

  • It is written in a form that should make it accessible to the non-specialist reader. It may also be useful as a textbook for non-science students who are required to have a general background knowledge of science
  • It explains the essential scientific principles without going into distracting detail
  • It covers a wide range of material, much of it of popular appeal, and brings it together to tell a coherent story connecting the beginning of time to now
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Most well-read, but non-scientific, people will have heard of the term “Big Bang” as a description of the origin of the Universe. They will recognize that DNA identifies individuals and will know that the origin of life is one of the great unsolved scientific mysteries. This book brings together all of that material. Starting with the creation of space and time — known as the Big Bang — the book traces causally related steps through the formation of matter, of stars and planets, the Earth itself, the evolution of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, and then through to the beginnings of life and the evolution of man. The material is presented in such a way that a non-scientist can comprehend it, without using formulae or equations but still preserving the integrity of the involved science. This book does not solve the mysteries of what initiated the Big Bang or how life evolved from inanimate matter, but it does make clear the nature of those problems. The reader will be left with a sense of wonderment that he or she actually exists!

Contents:

Readership: Primary readership for those interested in popular science. May be used as a textbook for undergraduates or even high school students at the sixth-form level, or for non-science students taking science as a subsidiary level.
Key Features:

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