Imminent science : what remains to be discovered / Giovanni F. Bignami.
This is not science fiction. It's a voyage on the arrow of time to the coming fifty years. The legendary palindromic character Mr. Qfwfq from Italo Calvino's collection of short stories, The Cosmicomics, will go with us? he who knows all the answers but will give out no hints. He will help...
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| Other title: | Cosa resta da scoprire. English |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Italian |
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[2013]
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| Summary: | This is not science fiction. It's a voyage on the arrow of time to the coming fifty years. The legendary palindromic character Mr. Qfwfq from Italo Calvino's collection of short stories, The Cosmicomics, will go with us? he who knows all the answers but will give out no hints. He will help us to discover the innovations that will have changed our lives by 2062, when, riding astride Halley's Comet, our omniscient extraterrestrial will return to visit us. In this book, we shall learn how astronomers will devote themselves to the study of the mysterious force of dark energy, which makes up some t. |
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| Item Description: | "Authorized translation from Italian language edition published by Zanichelli: "Cosa resta da scoprire."." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9788847053526 8847053528 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |