Rocket science for the rest of us
Subtitle: cutting-edge concepts made simple
By: written by Ben Gilliand ; consultant, Jack Challoner
Contributors: Challoner, Jack
Edition: First American edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781465433657
Subjects: Dark matter (Astronomy); Exploration; Rockets (Aeronautics); Quantum theory; Earth sciences; Popular works
Description: Want to understand black holes, antimatter, physics, and space exploration? Looking for a common sense guide to quantum physics that you can actually understand? Rocket Science for the Rest of Us is the book you're looking for! Get a grip on even the most mysterious and complex sciences with Ben Gilliland's guide to dark matter, exo-planets, Planck time, earth sciences, and more.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Mysterious universe. How big is the universe?; title: The star that redrew the cosmos; title: Expanding universe; title: Welcome to the multiverse; title: We are all doomed!; title: Catch up with the stellar speed demons; title: Meet the smelly dwarf; title: Mercury's secrets; title: How to catch a comet; title: Saturn's amazing rings; title: The search for alien life; title: The hostile blue planet; title: The space rock that "killed" Pluto; title: To boldly go. The first human in space; title: Pioneer 10 : the little spacecraft that could; title: Voyager : our distant emissary; title: Is there life on Mars?; title: Colonizing Mars; title: Mapping the Milky Way; title: Detecting killer asteroids; title: Looking beyond Mars for life; title: A Webb to catch the oldest stars; title: ESA's Rosetta comet chaser; title: Gravity lensing to see the cosmos; title: Engage warp drive!; title: Space : the fatal frontier; title: The appliance of science. It is only a theory; title: Why does anything exist?; title: Leap second; title: A weird, almost perfect universe; title: What is dark matter?; title: Why is gravity so weak?; title: Dark matter builds the universe; title: We are all made of stars; title: The story of the pulsar; title: Doing the black hole twist; title: Helium shortage; title: Death rays from outer space; title: Gravity slingshot; title: Is glass a liquid?; title: Curiosity : science's heart; title: Teeny tiny, supersmall stuff. The story of the atom; title: Discovering the neutron; title: The world of the insanely tiny; title: The certainty of uncertainty; title: Seeking supersymmetry; title: Higgs boson : a bluffer's guide; title: Quantum gravity; title: X-ray crystallography; title: Particle accelerators; title: Attack of the micro black holes.