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What's inside a black hole? : theories about space phenomena / Tom Jackson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Jackson, Tom, Beyond the theory: science of the future ; Publisher: New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538226674
  • 1538226677
  • 9781538226681
  • 1538226685
Other title:
  • What is inside a black hole?
  • Theories about space phenomena
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Space phenomena -- What are black holes? -- Over the horizon -- Formed from dying stars -- Messages from space? -- What's out there? -- Quasars and blazars -- Our place in the universe -- Superstructure of the universe -- Expanding space -- Rewind to the start -- Star nurseries -- Missing matter -- Wimps and machos -- Dark energy -- End of the universe -- Seeing farther -- Cosmic microwave background -- Looking for heat -- Gravity waves -- Timeline -- Glossary.
Summary: What happens when someone or something goes into a black hole? This book introduces some of the major ideas in cosmology, bringing quarks, preons, hypothetical subparticles, pulsars, galaxies, the Big Bang theory, dark energy, and gravitational waves to life with accessible language and vivid full-color art work. The text includes fascinating sidebars and fact boxes that add extra excitement to this look into deep space phenomena. Whether it's about Stephen Hawking or the James Webb telescope, even the most reluctant readers are sure to enjoy this book.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 523.8875 J14 Available 33111009683620
Total holds: 0

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What happens when someone or something goes into a black hole? This book introduces some of the major ideas in cosmology, bringing quarks, preons, hypothetical subparticles, pulsars, galaxies, the Big Bang theory, dark energy, and gravitational waves into detailed focus through accessible language and vivid full-color art work. The text includes fascinating sidebars and fact boxes that add extra excitement to this look into deep space phenomena. Whether it's about Stephen Hawking or the James Webb telescope, even the most reluctant readers are sure to enjoy this book.

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What happens when someone or something goes into a black hole? This book introduces some of the major ideas in cosmology, bringing quarks, preons, hypothetical subparticles, pulsars, galaxies, the Big Bang theory, dark energy, and gravitational waves to life with accessible language and vivid full-color art work. The text includes fascinating sidebars and fact boxes that add extra excitement to this look into deep space phenomena. Whether it's about Stephen Hawking or the James Webb telescope, even the most reluctant readers are sure to enjoy this book.

Space phenomena -- What are black holes? -- Over the horizon -- Formed from dying stars -- Messages from space? -- What's out there? -- Quasars and blazars -- Our place in the universe -- Superstructure of the universe -- Expanding space -- Rewind to the start -- Star nurseries -- Missing matter -- Wimps and machos -- Dark energy -- End of the universe -- Seeing farther -- Cosmic microwave background -- Looking for heat -- Gravity waves -- Timeline -- Glossary.

Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.

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