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How old is the universe?
Title
How old is the universe? / David A. Weintraub.
ISBN
9780691147314 (hardback : alk. paper)
0691147310 (hardback : alk. paper)
Published
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011.
Physical Description
370 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
How Old Is the Universe? tells the incredible story of how astronomers solved one of the most compelling mysteries in science and, along the way, introduces readers to fundamental concepts and cutting-edge advances in modern astronomy. --from publisher description
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 20, 2010
Contents
The age of objects in our solar system. 4004 BCE
Moon rocks and meteorites
Defying gravity
The ages of the oldest stars. Stepping out
distances and light
All stars are not the same
Giant and dwarf stars
Reading a Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) digram
Mass
Star clusters
Mas matters
White dwarfs and the age of the universe
Ages of globular clusters and the age of the universe
The age of the universe. Cepheids
An irregular system of globular clusters
The Milky Way demoted
The trouble with gravity
The expanding universe
The Hubble age of the universe
The accelerating universe
Dark matter
Exotic dark matter
Hot stuff
Two kinds of trouble
The WMAP map of the CMB and the age of the universe
A consistent answer.
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