Scott The Universe as It Really Is

Earth, Space, Matter, and Time
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-231-54576-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten

Thomas R. Scott explains our universe and the laws that govern it. The Universe as It Really Is begins with physics, the building blocks of the universe, and chemistry’s ability to explain the interactions among them. Scott tours the earth and atmospheric sciences to explain the forces that shape our planet and describes our place in the cosmos.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scott, Thomas R.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Powell, James

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface
About the Author and This Work
Introduction
1. It’s Elementary
2. Getting Together: Atoms to Molecules
3. Gravity
4. Time
5. Light
6. Earth: A Biography
7. Earth: A Physical Exam
8. Atmosphere and Weather
9. Oceans
10. The Sun
11. The Solar System
12. The Milky Way
13. The Cosmos
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas R. Scott (1944–2017) was professor emeritus of psychology and academic vice president emeritus at San Diego State University, where he also served as dean of the College of Sciences, vice president for research, dean of the Graduate Division, and chief executive officer of the SDSU Research Foundation.

James Lawrence Powell is executive director of the National Physical Science Consortium. He previously served on the National Science Board and has also been president of Franklin and Marshall College, Reed College, the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Powell is the author of The Inquisition of Climate Science (2011) and Four Revolutions in the Earth Sciences: From Heresy to Truth (2014), both from Columbia University Press.