How it Ends: From You to the Universe

Informationen zum Autor Chris Impey is a distinguished professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona and the critically-acclaimed author of Beyond , How It Began , and How It Ends , and four other books, as well as two astronomy textbooks. He lives in Tucson, Arizona. Klappentext With a healthy dose of humor, How It Ends illuminates everything from the technologies of human life extension and the evolutionary arms race between microbes and men to the inescapable dimming of the Sun and the ultimate "big rip," giving us a rare glimpse into a universe without us. Zusammenfassung “Remarkably upbeat, and imbued with wit, wisdom and a palpable sense of awe over our universe.”—Tucson Weekly

Product details

• Authors: Chris Impey, Chris (University of Arizona in Tucson) Impey, Impey Chris
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2011
• EAN: 9780393339987
• ISBN: 978-0-393-33998-7
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; popular science, SCIENCE / General, NATURE / Sky Observation, Popular astronomy and space