Enjoy our universe : you have no other choice / Alvaro de Rújula ; original illustrations by Alvaro de Rújula
By: De Rújula, A. (Alvaro) [author,, illustrator].
Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018Edition: First edition.Description: ix, 202 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198817802.Subject(s): CosmologyGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: A richly illustrated book on fundamental physics, cosmology, black holes, Higgs bosons, and time travel for a wide audience. This guide for an enjoyable visit to the Universe is humorous but not a joke. It establishes clear distinctions between things we know for sure and things that we know we do not know. In this sense, it is scientifically honestCurrent location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | QB981 .D4 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000012703 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index
A richly illustrated book on fundamental physics, cosmology, black holes, Higgs bosons, and time travel for a wide audience. This guide for an enjoyable visit to the Universe is humorous but not a joke. It establishes clear distinctions between things we know for sure and things that we know we do not know. In this sense, it is scientifically honest