The manga guide to the universe
The Manga Guide to the Universe explains how our solar system works; how we calculate distance in space; the Big Bang Theory; and theories about the Universe's evolution and cosmic expansion. Readers explore the Milky Way, faraway galaxies, supernovas, quasars, and black holes, as well as the h...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
No Starch Press
2011.
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| Edición: | English ed |
| Colección: | Manga guide series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628076806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Preface; Prologue: A Tale That Begins on the Moon; The Story of Kaguya-hime; Cosmic Myths; Ancient India's View of the Universe; Ancient Egypt's View of the Universe; Ancient Babylonia's View of the Universe; In China, Where Astronomy Was Originally Developed; In Ancient Greece, Where the Size of Earth Was Calculated; Eratosthenes's Calculation Method; If Earth Is Round, the Moon Must be Round Too; Chapter 1: Is Earth the Center of the Universe?; Close Encounters; Does the Sun Revolve Around Earth?; A Mysterious Light Appeared in the Sky
- A Heliocentric Model Was Proposed 2,300 Years AgoFrom the Geocentric Theory to the Heliocentric Theory; Galileo's Discoveries-And Trial; Putting things in perspective; What Is the Approximate Distance to the Horizon?; Measuring the Size of the Universe: How Far to the Moon?; Corner Cube Mirrors; How a Corner Cube Mirror Works; Before the Corner Cube Prism; Geocentric Theory vs. Heliocentric Theory-the Outcome of a Battle Royale; What Kind of Orbit Did a Planet Trace in the Geocentric Theory?; The Tychonic System that Embellished the Geocentric Theory; Just How Progressive Was Copernicus?
- Kepler Completed the Heliocentric TheoryWhat Did Galileo Do?; What Has the Heliocentric Theory Taught Us?; A Somewhat Complicated Explanation of Kepler's Laws; First Law: The Orbit of Every Planet Is an Ellipse with the Sun at the Focus; Second Law: A Line Joining a Planet and the Sun Sweeps Out Equal Areas During Equal Intervals of Time; Third Law: The Square of the Orbital Period of a Planet Is Directly Proportional to the Cube of the Semimajor Axis of Its Orbit; Chapter 2: From the Solar System to the Milky Way; What If Kaguya-hime Came from a Planet in our Solar System?
- Kaguya-hime and the Solar SystemMercury; Venus; Mars; Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune; Pluto; Earth; The Moon; The Sun; The Size of the Milky Way Galaxy; What's in the Middle of the Galaxy?; Top Five Mysteries of the Galaxy That Have Not Yet Been Explained!; What Is the Galaxy's Shape, and How Did It Form?; What's at the Center?; How Are Supermassive Black Holes Formed?; What Is the Galaxy Made Of?; What Will Happen When We Collide with the Andromeda Galaxy?; The Milky Way Galaxy Is One of Many Galaxies; The Universe Is Steadily Getting Larger; Why Can We See the Milky Way?
- A Disc-Shaped Galactic Model Is the Easiest to UnderstandResults of Scientific Observation Also Prove a Disc-Shaped Universe; An Idea from Kant Enlarged the Perceived Universe in a Flash; How Did Technology for Observing the Universe Progress?; Famous Telescopes; What Can a Radio Telescope Observe?; Another Way to Measure the Size of the Universe: A Triangulation Trick; Triangulation Can Give Us the Distance to Stars Beyond the Solar System; How Big Is the Solar System?; Chapter 3: The Universe Was Born With a Big Bang; Galaxies Are Islands of Light in the Void of Space
- The Winning Team Learns a Lesson
