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Informationen zum Autor Philip M. Dauber's research includes work on time reversal and antimatter. Richard A. Muller's previous book, Nemesis: The Death Star , dealt with the theory that there is a companion star orbiting the sun light-years away, which periodically causes comets to strike the earth. He is the recipient of a MacArthur ?genius” award. Klappentext Scientist believe that we would not be here if it were not for three great cataclysms in the early history of Earth and of the universe. This is the first book to explore the deep connection between the events that shaped life on Earth: the 'Big Bang' that spawned an entire universe; the explosion of a supernova! which seeded the solar system with heavy elements; and the crash of a comet or asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs and clear the way for the evolution of mammals. Zusammenfassung Scientists believe that we would not be here it were not for three great cataclysms in the early history of Earth and of the universe. This is the first book to explore the deep connection between the events that shaped life on Earth: the ?Big Bang” that spawned an entire universe; the explosion of a supernova, which seeded the solar system with heavy elements; and the crash of a comet or asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs and cleared the way for the evolution of mammals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Comet Crashes * Jupiter Crash * Target Earth * Controversy * The Smoking Gun * Asteroids * Comets * Nemesis and Mass Extinctions * Spaceguard * Impacts and Evolution Exploding Stars * New Star * Stars Are Us * Secret Lives and Violent Deaths of Stars * The Peculiar Progeny of a Supernova * The Supernova Hunters Creation Of The Universe * Creation * The Fleeing Galaxies * Microwaves in the Sky * A Snapshot of Creation * Of Matter and Antimatter * Universes Finite and Infinite * Cosmological Candles * Three Big Bangs Revisited ...
