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The Manga Guide to the Universe (The Manga Guides, Band 8) - Softcover

Ishikawa, Kenji; Kawabata, Kiyoshi; Hiiragi, Yutaka; Verte, Verte Corp

 
9781593272678: The Manga Guide to the Universe (The Manga Guides, Band 8)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1593272677 ISBN 13: 9781593272678
Verlag: No Starch Press, 2011

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Join Kanna, Kanta, Yamane, and Gloria in The Manga Guide to the Universe as they explore our solar system, the Milky Way, and faraway galaxies in search of the universe’s greatest mysteries: dark matter, cosmic expansion, and the Big Bang itself.

As you rocket across the night sky, you’ll become acquainted with modern astronomy and astrophysics, as well as the classical discoveries and theories on which they’re built. You’ll even learn why some scientists believe finding extraterrestrial life is inevitable!

You’ll also learn about:
–Discoveries made by Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Hubble, and other seminal astronomers
–Theories of the universe’s origins, evolution, and geometry
–The ways you can measure and observe heavenly bodies with different telescopes, and how astronomers calculate distances in space
–Stellar classifications and how the temperature, size, and magnitude of a star are related
–Cosmic background radiation, what the WMAP satellite discovered, and scientists’ predictions for the future of the universe

So dust off your flight suit and take a fantastic voyage through the cosmos in The Manga Guide to the Universe.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kenji Ishikawa is a scientific and technical journalist. He was born in Tokyo in 1958. After graduating from the Faculty of Science at the Tokyo University of Science, he worked as a journalist and later as a freelance editor and writer. Besides writing novels and various columns, he has written technical commentaries for general readers and conducted numerous interviews with leading engineers and researchers.

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Join Kanna, Kanta, Yamane, and Gloria in The Manga Guide to the Universe as they explore our solar system, the Milky Way, and faraway galaxies in search of the universe's greatest mysteries: dark matter, cosmic expansion, and the Big Bang itself.



As you rocket across the night sky, you'll become acquainted with modern astronomy and astrophysics, as well as the classical discoveries and theories on which they're built. You'll even learn why some scientists believe finding extraterrestrial life is inevitable!



You'll also learn about:

-Discoveries made by Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Hubble, and other seminal astronomers

-Theories of the universe's origins, evolution, and geometry

-The ways you can measure and observe heavenly bodies with different telescopes, and how astronomers calculate distances in space

-Stellar classifications and how the temperature, size, and magnitude of a star are related

-Cosmic background radiation, what the WMAP satellite discovered, and scientists' predictions for the future of the universe



So dust off your flight suit and take a fantastic voyage through the cosmos in The Manga Guide to the Universe.

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Verlag
No Starch Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1593272677
ISBN 13 
9781593272678
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
256
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