Astrophysics for young people in a hurry /
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TextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton and Company, 2019Description: 192 pages : illustrations (colour)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393356502Subject(s): Astrophysics -- Juvenile literature | Non-Fiction 9+ | Science and Technology | Children's / Teenage: general interest | Children's / Teenage general interest: Nature & animals | Educational: Sciences, general science | Educational: Physics | Educational: Technology | Children's / Teenage general interest: Space, stars & the solar system | Children's / Teenage general interest: Science & technology: general interesDDC classification: 523.01 Summary: America's most celebrated astrophysicist invites young readers to explore the mysteries of the universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson has become one of the most recognisable and respected figures in science. In this adaptation of his "genuinely accessible" (Summer Reading 2017, The Sunday Times) The New York Times number one bestseller Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (ISBN 978 0 393 60939 4), Tyson has-for the first time-served up the universe in a handy, portable package designed specifically for young readers. From the difference between a star and a supernova to what matter and dark matter really are, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry will turn young people into budding experts on the fundamental rules and unknowns of our universe. Along the way, Tyson's characteristic wit ensures a journey packed with fun.
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| 520.223 .E575 2019 Mein grosser Kosmos Weltraumatlas | 520.78 .K415 2002 The way the universe works / | 520.92 .S677 1999 Galileo's daughter : | 523.01 .T994 2019 Astrophysics for young people in a hurry / | 523.1 .C442 2018 We have no idea : | 523.1 .H392 1988 The illustrated a brief history of time ; and the universe in a nutshell / | 523.1 .H392 1991 Eine kurze Geschichte der Zeit |
America's most celebrated astrophysicist invites young readers to explore the mysteries of the universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson has become one of the most recognisable and respected figures in science. In this adaptation of his "genuinely accessible" (Summer Reading 2017, The Sunday Times) The New York Times number one bestseller Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (ISBN 978 0 393 60939 4), Tyson has-for the first time-served up the universe in a handy, portable package designed specifically for young readers. From the difference between a star and a supernova to what matter and dark matter really are, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry will turn young people into budding experts on the fundamental rules and unknowns of our universe. Along the way, Tyson's characteristic wit ensures a journey packed with fun.