| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 172 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Springer praxis books books in popular astronomy |
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Springer-praxis books books in popular astronomy
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| Contents |
Foreword -- Author's preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of illustrations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Matter concentrated -- Chapter 3: The realm of the nebulae -- Chapter 4: Getting warmer ... -- Chapter 5: Cosmic Cluedo: where, when, and how? -- Chapter 6: 300,000 years on: all present and correct -- Chapter 7: Cosmic canvas -- Chapter 8: Lifting the veil: simulations -- Chapter 9: A constant search -- Chapter 10: From telescopes to accelerators -- Appendices |
| Summary |
Annotation This text presents the inventory of matter, baryonic and exotic, and investigates the nature and fate of matter's twin, anti-matter. The authors show how basic research, in tandem with the evolution of new ideas, could help science lift the cosmic veil |
| Analysis |
Physics |
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Astronomy |
| Subject |
Interstellar matter.
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Universe -- Popular works.
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441988225 (electronic bk.) |
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144198822X (electronic bk.) |
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