Extreme Cosmos: A Guided Tour of the Fastest, Brightest, Hottest, Heaviest, Oldest, and Most Amazing Aspects of Our Universe

By Bryan Gaensler

Book Overview

A top astronomer explores the universe through the lens of its most jaw-dropping extremes. The universe is all about extremes, and in this engaging and thought-provoking book, astronomer Bryan Gaensler gives a whirlwind tour of the galaxies, with an emphasis on its fastest, hottest, heaviest, brightest, oldest, densest, and even loudest elements. From supernova explosions a billion times brighter than the sun to an asteroid the size of a beach ball, Extreme Cosmos offers a fascinating, fresh, and informed perspective of the remarkable richness of the universe, and the incredible physics that modern astronomy has revealed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399537511
• ISBN13: 9780399537516
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Tarcher
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher