The universe at large.
How large is the universe? How old are the galaxies and stars? How rapidly are the distant galaxies receding from us? Why, if there are countless stars in the universe, is it dark at night? What goes on inside stars... and between them? How did the universe start and where is it going? These are som...
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| Other title: | Views of cosmology |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Garden City, N.Y. :
Anchor Books,
1960.
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| Edition: | [1st ed.]. |
| Series: | Science study series ;
S14. |
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Table of Contents:
- The expansion of the universe
- Why is it dark at night?
- Theories of cosmology
- Tests in cosmology
- The stars
- What goes on inside the stars
- Between the stars
- The earth's radiation belts
- The law of gravitation
- The motion of celestial bodies
- The tides
- The earth: motion and magnetism.