Interstellar Tours
eBook - ePub

Interstellar Tours

A Guide to the Universe from Your Starship Window

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Interstellar Tours

A Guide to the Universe from Your Starship Window

About this book

'Strap in and enjoy the ride!' JOHN GRIBBIN'A window seat on a flight to our galaxy's sites of outstanding beauty' MARCUS CHOWN, AUTHOR OF THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO KNOW'A refreshing new look at our own corner of space' HENRY GEE, WINNER OF THE 2022 ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE'Buckle up for the ride of a lifetime' PHILIP BALL, AUTHOR OF THE BOOK OF MINDS AND BEYOND WEIRDTake a voyage into space to explore the wonders of the galaxy and beyond.With award-winning science writer Brian Clegg as your deep space guide, step on board the starship Endurance and marvel at the fascinating sights of deepest, darkest space.Although our vessel is fictional, the phenomena you will visit, from the vast nebulae that are birthplaces of stars to stellar explosions in vast supernovas, creating the elements necessary for life - or from the planets of other solar systems to the unbelievably supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way - all reflect the best picture current science has to offer.Accompanying Interstellar Tours is an online gallery with over fifty images and videos in full colour, each directly accessible from the page using QR codes.It may never be possible to undertake a voyage through the stars for real. But with Interstellar Tours, you can enjoy the ultimate cruise across the Milky Way.

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Information

Publisher
Icon Books
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781837730773

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Pre-flight Checks
  4. 1 Welcome Onboard
  5. 2 Passing the Competition
  6. 3 Stellar Nursery
  7. 4 Other Worlds
  8. 5 Supernova
  9. 6 Pulsar
  10. 7 Black Hole
  11. 8 Collisions
  12. 9 Milky Way
  13. 10 The Big Picture
  14. 11 Time, Life and Our Backyard
  15. Appendix: Special Theory of Relativity for Beginners